Table 3 Association of the variables of health facility, department and point of contact with presence or absence of bacterial isolates in univariate analysis. OR is Odds ratio, CI is confidence interval, n represents total number of swabs in category
Variable | Frequency (n = 192) | Bacteria Isolated (n = 116) | No Bacteria isolated (n = 76) | OR (95% CI) | P-Value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Health Facility | Mbarara RRH | 60 (31.2%) | 25 (21.5%) | 35 (46.0%) | 1 | Â |
Gulu RRH | 51 (26.6%) | 32 (27.6%) | 19 (25.0%) | 2.52 (1.03–6.18) | 0.043 | |
Kisenyi HC 4 | 33 (17.2%) | 21 (18.1%) | 12 (15.8%) | 2.63 (0.95–7.28) | 0.063 | |
Mbale RRH | 48 (25.0%) | 38 (32.8%) | 10 (13.2%) | 6.07 (2.18–16.87) | 0.001 | |
Department | Theatre | 72 (37.5%) | 30 (25.9%) | 42 (55.3%) | 1 | Â |
Imaging | 15 (7.8%) | 9 (7.8%) | 6 (7.9%) | 2.21 (0.60–8.12) | 0.231 | |
Neonatal | 105 (54.7%) | 77 (66.4%) | 28 (36.8%) | 4.25 (1.98–9.13) | < 0.001 | |
Point of Contact | Hard to Reach | 65 (33.9%) | 36 (31.0%) | 29 (38.2%) | 1 | Â |
With Patient | 62 (32.2%) | 37 (31.9%) | 25 (32.9%) | 1.26 (0.58–2.72) | 0.556 | |
With User | 65 (33.9%) | 43 (37.1%) | 22 (28.9%) | 1.70 (0.79–3.70) | 0.177 | |
No. of patients per equipment |  |  |  |  | 0.99 (0.98–1.01) | 0.940 |
No of users per equipment |  |  |  |  | 1.01 (0.97–1.05) | 0.642 |