u Chart — Central-Line Infections
Twenty-one months of CLABSI counts over a varying number of catheter-days, plotted as infections per 1,000 catheter-days with limits that step with the exposure and a rule-2 run confirming the insertion-bundle rollout worked.
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title "CLABSI rate — adult ICU"
chart u
unit "per 1000 catheter-days"
labels: Jan 24, Feb 24, Mar 24, Apr 24, May 24, Jun 24, Jul 24, Aug 24, Sep 24, Oct 24, Nov 24, Dec 24, Jan 25, Feb 25, Mar 25, Apr 25, May 25, Jun 25, Jul 25, Aug 25, Sep 25
# n is the area of opportunity: catheter-days in thousands.
# The limits step because exposure changes with census.
sample n: 1.18 defects: 2
sample n: 1.74 defects: 4
sample n: 1.46 defects: 0
sample n: 2.02 defects: 2
sample n: 1.63 defects: 4
sample n: 1.37 defects: 2
sample n: 1.91 defects: 8
sample n: 1.55 defects: 3
sample n: 1.29 defects: 4
sample n: 1.84 defects: 5
sample n: 1.49 defects: 1
# Insertion-bundle checklist mandated from December.
sample n: 1.12 defects: 0
sample n: 1.81 defects: 0
sample n: 1.44 defects: 1
sample n: 2.08 defects: 0
sample n: 1.66 defects: 1
sample n: 1.31 defects: 1
sample n: 1.97 defects: 1
sample n: 1.58 defects: 1
sample n: 1.21 defects: 1
sample n: 1.89 defects: 1