Research Article
An In Vivo Rabbit Model for the Evaluation of Antimicrobial Peripherally Inserted Central Catheter to Reduce Microbial Migration and Colonization as Compared to an Uncoated PICC
Table 6
Infection prevention in the tissue samples: the total number of samples where significant (≥3.0 Log) bacterial load was recovered (from sample locations 4, 6, 8, and 10) is divided by the total number of catheters/tracts in each group. This is separated by sample type (tissue and catheter).
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*Fisher exact test for statistical significance (for statistical significance (S), ). |