Impact of a multidimensional infection control approach on central line-associated bloodstream infections rates in adult intensive care units of 8 cities of Turkey: findings of the International Nosocomial Infection Control Consortium (INICC)

Table 4 Central line associated blood stream infection rates stratified by the length of time that each intensive care unit has participated in the International Nosocomial Infection Control Consortium

Time since joining INICC	ICUs, n	Central line days, n	CLAB, n	Crude CLAB rate/1000 CL days	IRR accounting for clustering by ICU	P value
1-3 months (baseline)	13	3,129	71	22.7	1	-
4-12 months	13	9,751	170	17.4	0.79 (0.59 – 1.04)	0.103
Second year	11	7,287	123	16.9	0.63 (0.46 – 0.87)	0.004
Third year	6	6,425	79	12.3	0.53 (0.38 – 0.76)	0.001

Poisson regression.
INICC, International Nosocomial Infection Control Consortium; ICU, intensive care unit; CL, central line; CLAB, Central line associated bloodstream infection; IRR, incidence-rate ratio.

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