Factors associated with damages and repair costs of reusable flexible bronchoscopes in pediatrics in China

BMC Pediatrics

Table 3 Logistic regression analysis on different factors associated with failures in pediatric flexible bronchoscopes

Variable	Description	B	B and standard deviation	Wald chi-square value	P	Odds ratio	95% confidence interval for odds ratio
Type of flexible bronchoscope	Fiber bronchoscopes	0.880	0.462	3.629	0.057	0.415	0.168–1.026
Type of flexible bronchoscope	Electronic bronchoscopes^*	0.880	0.462	3.629	0.057	0.415	0.168–1.026
Size of bronchoscope	Small-diameter bronchoscopes	-1.741	0.784	4.928	0.026	5.706	1.226–26.548
Size of bronchoscope	Large-diameter bronchoscopes^*	-1.741	0.784	4.928	0.026	5.706	1.226–26.548
Work experience of the person responsible for flexible bronchoscope reprocessing	Less	-1.134	0.494	5.259	0.022	3.107	1.179–8.187
	Rich^*	-1.134	0.494	5.259	0.022	3.107	1.179–8.187
Time when failure occurred		-0.254	0.213	1.422	0.233	0.776	0.511–1.178

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