Table 2.

Data of patients with UTC ≥ 2 days stratified in accordance with the quality of checklist

Parameter	Checklist well completed	Checklist poorly completed	No checklist
Patients with UTC-days ≥ 2	43	143	165
UTC days (n)	344	1,621	1,911
UTC days, mean	8.0	11.3	11.0
UTC days§, median (IQR)	7 (3–11)	11 (6–16)	10 (7–16)
CAUTI (n)	2	12	11
Incidence CAUTI per 100 patients	4.65	8.39	6.67
Incidence ratio CAUTI (95%CI) p-value (compared to checklist well completed)	1 = reference	1.80 (0.42–7.75) p = 0.451	1.46 (0.33–6.23) p = 0.679
Incidence density CAUTI per 1000 UTC days	5.81	7.40	5.76
Incidence density ratio CAUTI per 1000 UTC days (95%CI) p-value (compared to checklist well completed)	1 = reference	1.27 (0.29–5.68) p = 0.814	0.99 (0.22–4.47) p = 0.929

n: Number; UTC: Urinary tract catheter; CAUTI: Catheter-associated urinary tract infection; 95%CI: 95% Confidence interval

^§Differences between the groups tested by Kruskal Wallis test p = 0.001.