Table 2.
CLABSI among the 4 sites of catheterization
| Catheter location | Pre-PSM, No. (%) | P-value | Post-PSM, No. (%) | P-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CLABSI (n = 407) | Non-CLABSI (n = 24,472) | CLABSI (n = 164) | Non-CLABSI (n = 7921) | |||
| Catheter insertion sites | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | ||||
| PICC | 152 (0.8) | 19,952 (99.2) | 71 (1.3) | 5319 (98.7) | ||
| Femoral | 74 (6.2) | 1128 (93.8) | 28 (3.8) | 707 (96.2) | ||
| Subclavian | 71 (5.2) | 1284 (94.8) | 25 (3.5) | 697 (96.5) | ||
| Internal Jugular | 53 (4.5) | 1115 (95.5) | 22 (3.3) | 640 (96.7) | ||
| Unclear | 7 (2.7) | 255 (97.3) | 5 (3.1) | 156 (96.9) | ||
| Femoral + Subclavian | 46 (6.4) | 670 (93.6) | 12 (3.2) | 366 (96.8) | ||
| Femoral + Internal Jugular | 3 (6.0) | 47 (94.0) | 1 (3.8) | 25 (96.2) | ||
| Subclavian + Internal Jugular | 1 (4.8) | 20 (95.2) | 0 (0.0) | 10 (100.0) | ||
| Femoral + Subclavian + Internal Jugular | 0 (0.0) | 1 (100.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (100.0) | ||