Colonisation | CRBSI |
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 | Catheter No. | No. Colonisation | % Colonisation |  | Catheter No. | No. CRBSI | % CRBSI |
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CVC
| 8257 | 738 | 8.94 |
CVC
| 9503 | 96 | 1.01 |
PICC
| 62 | - | - |
PICC
| 62 | 2 | 3.23 |
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CVC colonization
: Pooled data includes Dimick and Guillou and Bijma’s post-intervention CVC colonisation data. Pawar and Gunst failed to record CVC colonisation incidence as part of their respective studies. PICC colonization
: As Gunst and Miyagaki failed to record PICC colonisation incidence as part of their respective studies; we have no pooled PICC colonisation data. CVC CRBSI
: We pooled the CVC-related bloodstream infection data from Bijma’s post-intervention group, Sandoe, Pawar, Guillou and Gunst’s studies. PICC CRBSI
: We pooled Gunst and Miyagaki’s PICC-related bloodstream infection data. Excluded data: Bijma’s pre-intervention data was excluded from the pooled data as it established the baseline colonisation and infection incidence by which the efficacy of the intervention was measured in the post-intervention group. Dimick’s mixed catheter bloodstream infection data (that included 348 pulmonary artery catheters) was excluded from the pooled data, as we were unable to extract the CVC-related bloodstream infection incidence. Sandoe’s mixed colonisation data (that included 4 arterial catheters) was excluded from the pooled data, as we were unable to extract data relating to CVC colonisation incidence and catheter days.