Table 1 NHCPRC areas and elements of infection prevention and control identified by 27 survey reports – Systematic review on implementation of infection prevention and control in acute care hospitals in Mainland China, 2012–2017

Structure & organisation

Guideline provision

7

397

229; 57.7 (52.7–62.6)

422; 85.8 (82.4–88.7)

< 0.001

Interdisciplinary IPC committee

6

360

256; 71.1 (66.1–75.7)

865; 98.1 (96.9–98.9)

< 0.001

Formal IPC programme

5

302

187; 61.9 (56.2–67.4)

761; 85.2 (82.7–87.5)

< 0.001

Feedback of IPC indicators

–

–

–

292; 93.6 (90.3–96.0)

–

Allocated IPC funding/budget

–

–

–

86; 30.5 (25.2–36.2)

–

IPC research

–

–

–

126; 27.2 (23.2–31.4)

–

Education & training

Postgraduate IPC training

8

379

203; 53.6 (48.4–58.7)

283; 75.7 (71.0–79.9)

< 0.001

Surveillance & Audit

Point prevalence survey of HAI

3

233

92; 39.5 (33.2–46.1)

135; 67.2 (60.2–73.6)

< 0.001

Incidence surveillance of SSI

2

188

73; 38.8 (31.8–46.2)

292; 71.9 (67.3–76.2)

< 0.001

Incidence surveillance in ICU

2

188

50; 26.6 (20.4–33.5)

157; 38.7 (33.9–43.6)

0.004

Incidence surveillance in NICU

–

–

–

100; 26.8 (22.4–31.6)

–

Surveillance of AMR

4

277

83; 30.0 (24.6–35.7)

295; 64.3 (59.7–68.7)

< 0.001

Surveillance of antimicrobial use

4

231

129; 55.8 (49.2–62.4)

114; 62.6 (55.2–69.7)

0.164

Standard and isolation precaution measures

5

201

81; 40.3 (33.5–47.4)

12; 30.8 (17.0–47.6)

0.264

Waste management

9

423

266; 62.9 (58.1–67.5)

34; 57.6 (44.1–70.4)

0.435

Sterilization and decontamination

7

372

217; 58.3 (53.1–63.4)

21; 55.3 (38.3–71.4)

0.715

Environmental culturing

6

357

204; 57.1 (51.8–62.3)

186; 92.5 (88.0–95.8)

< 0.001

Total

10^b

466