Table 1. Results of the point-prevalence analysis of N = 17 586 observed patients*1.
| Number (percentage) | |
| Patients with at least one vascular catheter | N = 6947 (39.5%) |
| Male | N = 3598 (51.4%) |
| Age (years), Md (Q25 – Q75) | 71 (58–81) |
| Patients with > 1 catheter | N = 1157 |
| Vascular catheters, total | N = 8104 |
| Use rate*2 | 8104/17 586 (46.1%) |
| PVC | 7181/17 586 (40.1%) |
| CVC | 923/17 586 (5.3%) |
| Entry site PVC | |
| – Back of hand | 2706 (37.7%) |
| – Forearm | 2235 (31.1%) |
| – Elbow | 2126 (29.6%) |
| – Great saphenous vein | 13 (0.2%) |
| – Other | 101 (1.4%) |
| Entry site CVC | |
| – Internal jugular vein | 729 (79.0%) |
| – Femoral vein | 59 (6.4%) |
| – Subclavian vein | 98 (10.6%) |
| – Other | 37 (4.0%) |
| Dressing unclean or loose | 1 282 (15.6%) |
| Duration of use, PVC (N = 6 007), days Md (Q25–Q75) |
(1 – 3) |
| Duration of use, CVC (N = 855), days Md (Q25–Q75) |
4 (2 – 7) |
| Last use, PVC (N = 6 611), hours Md (Q25–Q75) |
1 (0 – 6) |
| Last use, CVC (N = 922), hours Md (Q25–Q75) |
0 (0–0) |
| Placement date documented in patient chart | 6043 (74.6%) |
| Last documented inspection (N = 7 244); days Mw ± SD (min–max) |
1.11 ± 2.6 (0 – 91) |
| Catheter-associated infection (per 1 000 VC) – Local signs of inflammation (per 1 000 VC) – Thrombophlebitis (per 1 000 VC) – Bacteremia (per 1 000 VC) PP of infection of PVCs (per 1 000) PP of infection of C VCs (per 1 000) |
251/8 104 (= 31) 243 (29.9) 7 (0.86) 1 (0.12) 220/7 181 (30.6) 31/923 (33.5) |
*1 The median age of 6 947 patients with vascular catheter was 71 years (range 0 – 103).
*2 The rate of use for vascular catheters was defined as the quotient of the number of vascular catheters and the number of inpatients.
CVC, central venous catheters; max, maximum; Md, median; min, minimum; Mw, mean; PVC, peripheral venous catheters; Q25, 25% quartiles; Q75, 75% quartiles; SD, standard deviation; VC, vascular catheters