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Table 2 Comparison of characteristics between pre-intervention period and intervention period

From: The effect of a full-time infection control nursing service in the prevention of multidrug-resistant organism in the orthopedic ward

Characteristics

Pre-intervention period

Intervention period

χ2/u

P

Detection rate of MDRO (%)

    

 CRAB

62.22% (56/90)

67.74% (21/31)

0.30

0.582

 MRSA

29.07% (25/86)

40.54% (15/37)

1.55

0.213

 CRPA

20.97% (13/62)

8% (2/25)

1.29

0.256

 CRE Klebsiella pneumoniae

26.67% (16/60)

20% (7/35)

0.54

0.464

 CRE Escherichia coli

1.05% (1/95)

1.92% (1/52)

/

1.000

 CRE Enterobacter cloacae

4.94% (4/81)

6.25% (2/32)

/

1.000

 VRE Enterococcus faecalis

0% (0/32)

0% (0/10)

/

/

 VRE Enterococcus faecium

0% (0/30)

0% (0/10)

/

/

MDRO positive density of out-hospital admission (cases/per 1000 patient-days)

0.269 (32/118956)

0.357 (18/50416)

 − 0.91

0.362

Mortality of inpatients (%)

0.15% (18/11759)

0.16% (13/8142)

0.01

0.908

Bed utilization rate (%)

112.79% (118,956/105468)

90.20% (50,416/55896)

/

/

  1. Enterococcus faecalis and Enterococcus faecium are the most clinically relevant subspecies of enterococci [23]