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Table 3 Infants entered into additional isolation precautions

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

Additional precautions

GloveCare arm (N= 360)

Standard arm (N=390)

P-value (chi-square)

Once, n (%)

26 (7.2)

36 (9.2)

0.318 (CS)

Twice, n (%)

0 (0.0)

7 (1.8)

0.0157 (FE)

Thrice, n (%)

0 (0.0)

3 (0.8)

0.140 (FE)

Four times, n (%)

0 (0.0)

2 (0.5)

0.270 (FE)

Episode 1, mean (sd), median

18.00 (25.7), 6.50

7.75 (15.5), 4.00

0.249

Episode 2, mean (sd), median

--

0.69 (2.7), 0.00

 

Episode 3, mean (sd), median

--

--

 

Episode 4, mean (sd), median

--

--

 

Total duration, mean (sd), median

18.0 (25.7), 6.5

8.4 (15.6), 4.0

0.100

  1. CS chi-square, FE Fisher’s exact