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Table 2 Incidence densities of HAIs in the ICUs analyzed before and during intervention

From: Partnership among hospitals to reduce healthcare associated infections: a quasi-experimental study in Brazilian ICUs

Result indicators

Before intervention

2017

During intervention

2018–2019

P-value

Variation %

Incidence density of VAP

Variation over time

  Coefficient β (p-value)

− 0.040 (0.934)

− 0.427 (0.002)

↓33.8%

  Assessment by hospitalb

   H1a

−3.784 (0.349)

−0.630 (0.069)

0.123

 

   H2

−2.143 (0.151)

−0.825 (0.015)

0.019

 

   H3

0.004 (0.988)

−0.302 (0.287)

0.568

 

   H4

−0.679 (0.135)

−0.040 (0.862)

0.323

 

   H5

1.167 (0.070)

−0.337 (0.302)

0.114

 

Incidence density of CAUTI

Variation over time

  Coefficient β (p-value)

0.300 (0.292)

−0.351 (0.009)

↓45.0%

  Assessment by hospitalb

   H1a

−1.131 (0.530)

− 0.720 (0.012)

0.035

 

   H2

0.097 (0.688)

−0.859 (< 0.001)

< 0.001

 

   H3

0.624 (0.252)

−0.479 (0.036)

0.057

 

   H4

0.191 (0.256)

0.264 (0.377)

0.355

 

   H5

−0.282 (0.490)

−0.111 (0.304)

0.439

 

Incidence density of CLABSI

Variation over timeb

  Coefficient β (p-value)

0.251 (0.333)

−0.252 (0.068)

NS

  Assessment by hospitalb

   H1a

2.611 (0.016)

0.059 (0.841)

0.055

 

   H2a

0.296 (0.275)

−0.202 (0.152)

0.198

 

   H3

−0.171 (0.745)

0.021 (0.905)

0.942

 

   H4

0.118 (0.699)

−0.748 (0.022)

0.067

 

   H5

−0.181 (0.386)

−0.408 (0.308)

0.408

 
  1. NS No significant variation
  2. aBefore the intervention the date for the period between July and December 2017 (6 months)
  3. bLinear regression model for each period