Table 3

Incidence rate ratios from Poisson regression

Fiscal yearSummary statistics—CLABSI rateTime
MeanMedian25%75%IRR (95% CI)p Value
20063.843.200.705.70Reference
20073.192.651.204.500.83 (0.73 to 0.94)0.0033
20082.442.100.503.500.65 (0.56 to 0.76)<0.0001
20091.851.200.002.500.47 (0.40 to 0.55)<0.0001
  • IRR, incidence rate ratio.