Table 5 Catheter Utilization Ratio, Unnecessary Catheter Utilization Ratio, CAUTI and CA-ASB before and after catheter protocol introduction
Pre-intervention (N = 824) | Post-intervention (N = 777) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Catheter days | 952 | 716 | ||
Patient days | 6617 | 6167 | ||
Catheter Utilization Ratio | 0.144 | 0.116 | p < 0.0001 | |
Unnecessary Catheter Utilization % | 35.0 | 26.7 | p < 0.0003 | |
CAUTI rate – incident CAUTI per 1000 catheter-days (N) | 21 (20) | 24 (17) | Rate ratio 1.13 (95% CI 0.56–2.3) | p = 0.710 |
CA-ASB rate – incident CA-ASB per 1000 catheter-days (N) | 20 (19) | 9.8 (7) | Rate ratio 0.49 (95% CI 0.17–1.2) | p = 0.101 |
CAUTI rate with appropriate antibiotics (N) | 19 (18) | 22.3(16) | Rate ratio 1.18 (95% CI 0.56–2.4) | p = 0.628 |
CA-ASB rate treated with antibiotics (N) | 14.7 (14) | 2.8 (2) | Rate ratio 0.19 (95% CI 0.02–0.83) | p = 0.012 |