Table 2 NICU characteristics of participant and non-participant NICUs.

From: 28 NICUs participating in a quality improvement collaborative targeting early-onset sepsis antibiotic use

Characteristics

 

Participants (N = 28)

Non-participants (N = 106)

  

N

%

N

%

P value

CCS Level

Non-CCS

1

3.6

15

14.2

0.05

 

Intermediate

1

3.6

13

12.3

 
 

Community

17

60.7

64

60.4

 
 

Regional

9

32.1

14

13.2

 

AAP Level

II

1

3.6

21

19.8

0.029

 

III

19

67.9

71

67

 
 

IV

8

28.6

14

13.2

 

Hospital Type

District

1

3.6

5

4.7

0.382

 

For-Profit Private

3

10.7

12

11.3

 
 

Non-Profit Private

22

78.6

74

69.8

 
 

Public-City/County

0

0

11

10.4

 
 

University of California

2

7.1

4

3.8

 

Academic Hospital

No

23

82.1

93

87.7

0.532

 

Yes

5

17.9

13

12.3

 
  1. Significance test is based on Fisher’s exact test, comparing between study groups.
  2. Hospital characteristics based on 2015 data.
  3. At the beginning of the study five of the 28 NICUs allowed antibiotic treatment of term infants in the nursery. The other 23 NICUs treated term infants who required antibiotics in the NICU.
  4. CCS California Children’s Services, AAP American Academy of Pediatrics.
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