Chlorhexidine bathing of the exposed circuits in extracorporeal membrane oxygenation: an uncontrolled before-and-after study

Table 2 Comparison of infection incidence by intervention

	Control (n = 96)		Intervention (n = 96)		Difference (95% CI)	p
	Events	Rate^a	Events	Rate^a	Difference (95% CI)	p
ECMO BSI	10	11.7	2	2.3	9.4 (1.5–17.3)	0.019
ECMO catheter culture positive	9	10.5	2	2.3	8.3 (0.7–15.8)	0.032
Oxygenator culture positive	12	14.0	1	1.1	12.9 (4.7–21.1)	0.002
Other CRBSI	18	21.1	7	7.9	13.1 (1.8–24.5)	0.023

ECMO extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, BSI blood stream infection, CRBSI catheter-related bloodstream infection
^aRates are expressed per 1000 ECMO days. There were 855 ECMO days in the control group and 885 ECMO days in the intervention group

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