Table 2.
Comparison of parameters in three ICUs in the pre- and post-intervention period
| Pre-intervention period | Post-intervention period | p value (paired t-test) | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ICU A | ICU B | ICU C | Average | SD | ICU A | ICU B | ICU C | Average | SD | ||
| CLABSI rate | 10.04 | 8.87 | 7.3 | 8.73 | 1.3749 | 7.14 | 4.5 | 2.08 | 4.57 | 2.5308 | 0.0255 |
| DUR | 0.83 | 0.59 | 0.59 | 0.67 | 0.1480 | 0.86 | 0.52 | 0.46 | 0.61 | 0.2157 | 0.3570 |
| Avg. central line days | 1505 | 1051 | 1428 | 1328 | 242.9 | 1173 | 752 | 2388 | 1437.8 | 849.5 | 0.8206 |
| Avg. patient days | 1796 | 1779 | 2387 | 1987.3 | 346.2 | 1350 | 1427 | 5171 | 2649.3 | 2184.1 | 0.596 |
| Mortality rate | 0.22 | 0.16 | 0.08 | 0.15 | 0.0702 | 0.07 | 0.07 | 0.01 | 0.05 | 0.0346 | 0.0501 |