Table 3 Skin colonization at catheter removal
From: Practices and intravascular catheter infection during on- and off-hours in critically ill patients
On-hours | Off-hours | p-value | |
|---|---|---|---|
Skin colonization at removal (n = 9478) | |||
High-grade colonization | 1520 (31.2) | 1328 (28.9) | < 0.01 |
Low-grade colonization | 1429 (29.3) | 1302 (28.3) | |
Sterile | 1929 (39.5) | 1970 (42.8) | |
Skin colonization at removal, ≤ 4 catheter-days (n = 4129) | |||
High-grade colonization | 441 (23.2) | 475 (21.3) | 0.11 |
Low-grade colonization | 570 (30) | 642 (28.8) | |
Sterile | 887 (46.7) | 1114 (49.9) | |
Skin colonization at removal, > 4 catheter-days (n = 5349) | |||
High-grade colonization | 1079 (36.2) | 853 (36) | 0.62 |
Low-grade colonization | 859 (28.8) | 660 (27.9) | |
Sterile | 1042 (35) | 856 (36.1) | |