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Table 2 Event rate of different infection events

From: GloveCare: a pilot study in preparation for a cluster crossover randomized controlled trial of non-sterile glove-based care in preventing late-onset infection in the NICU

Clinical measure

GloveCare arm (N=360)

Standard arm (N=390)

Overall (N=750)

Total 1st episode infections (n, %)

41 (11.4)

34 (8.7)

75 (10.0)

Sterile site 1st episode infections (n, %)

11 (3.1)

10 (2.6)

21 (2.8)

Nonsterile site 1st episode infections (n, %)

30 (8.3)

24 (6.2)

54 (7.2)

Person-days

7686

7162

14848

Number of total episodes

63

48

111

Total episodes/1000 person-days)

8.20

6.70

7.46

Number of sterile-site episodes

14

15

 

Sterile-site episodes/1000 person-days

1.82

2.09

 

Number of nonsterile-site episodes

49

33

 

Nonsterile-site episodes/1000 person-days

6.38

4.61

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