Variable
|
Description
|
OR
|
P-value
|
Overall P-value for the variable
|
---|
Dependent variable: surface contaminated with MRSA
| | | | |
---|
Ward
|
Medicine A
|
Referent
| |
0.614
|
|
Medicine B
|
0.38
|
0.648
| |
|
Surgery
|
0.44
|
0.423
| |
Type of patient room
|
Unexposed
|
Referent
| |
0.594
|
|
MRSA exposed
|
0.47
|
0.679
| |
|
C. difficile exposed
|
1.06a
|
0.634
| |
Surface material
|
Plastic
|
Referent
| |
0.776
|
|
Cork
|
0.49a
|
0.346
| |
|
Fabric
|
0.61
|
0.999
| |
|
Laminate
|
0.57
|
0.693
| |
Surface sampled
|
End of bed
|
Referent
| |
0.111
|
|
Bulletin board
|
1.18a
|
0.999
| |
|
Chair back
|
4.39
|
0.200
| |
|
Overbed table
|
1.03
|
0.999
| |
|
Privacy curtain
|
1.08
|
0.999
| |
|
Television
|
1.15a
|
0.999
| |
Dependent variable: surface contaminated with
C. difficile
| | | | |
Ward
|
Medicine A
|
Referent
| |
0.884
|
|
Medicine B
|
0.76
|
0.744
| |
|
Surgery
|
0.73
|
0.758
| |
Type of patient room
|
Unexposed
|
Referent
| |
0.008
|
|
MRSA exposed
|
0.31
|
0.301
| |
|
C. difficile exposed
|
4.71
|
0.031
| |
Surface material
|
Plastic
|
Referent
| |
0.017
|
|
Cork
|
3.84
|
0.030
| |
|
Fabric
|
0.36
|
0.336
| |
|
Laminate
|
0.97
|
0.999
| |
Surface sampled
|
End of bed
|
Referent
| |
0.059
|
|
Bulletin board
|
4.03
|
0.131
| |
|
Chair back
|
1.03
|
0.999
| |
|
Overbed table
|
1.03
|
0.999
| |
|
Privacy curtain
|
0.44a
|
0.494
| |
|
Television
|
1.15
|
0.999
| |
- OR = odds ratio.
-
a Median unbiased estimates.