Table 3.

Outcomes

Outcome	Pre-intervention period Number of hospital stays = 273	Post-intervention period Number of hospital stays = 217	p-value
Length of stay (days); Median [IQR]	9 [3–19]	13 [3–21]	0.061
Clostridioides difficile infections; N (%)	4 (1.5)	6 (2.8)	0.35
Invasive infection with ESBL-PE; N (%)	9 (3.3)	2 (0.9)	0.12
Meropenem-resistant isolates among Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections; N (%)	4/5 (80)	2/8 (25)	0.10
Transfer to the ICU for more than 24 h or death; N (%)	49 (17.9)	18 (8.3)	0.0020
Transfer to the ICU for more than 24 h; N (%)	42 (15.4)	10 (4.6)	0.00022
Death; N (%)	14 (5.1)	8 (3.7)	0.59

Comparison of outcomes in the pre- and post-intervention periods in terms of length of stay, infectious complications and ICU transfer or death

ICU: Intensive Care Unit