Table 1 Hospital characteristics
From: Infection prevention practices in the Netherlands: results from a National Survey
Characteristic | n (%)/mean ± sd |
|---|---|
Total number of acute care hospital beds (including ICU beds) | 514.1 ± 260.1 |
 Range | 140–1100 |
Total number of adult ICU beds | 21.0 ± 18.7 |
 Range | 5–81 |
Percentage of multiple bed rooms | 66.4 ± 22.1 |
Number of infection prevention experts | 4.8 ± 1.9 |
Number of FTE for the infection prevention experts | 3.9 ± 1.8 |
Number of beds per FTE of infection prevention experts | 131.2 ± 48.6 |
 Range | 48.5–291.2 |
Number of medical microbiologists | 2.9 ± 1.9 |
Number of FTE for the medical microbiologists | 2.0 ± 1.9 |
Hospital cooperates with other hospitals or agencies with regard to stimulating infection prevention | 30/46 (65.2%) |
Clear infection-prevention guidelines present that support caregivers | 47/47 (100%) |
Resources and materials available for proper observance of the infection-prevention guidelines | 43/47 (91.5%) |
Good to very good support of the hospital management infection-prevention policy | 41/47 (87.2%) |
System for monitoring the number of patients who have urinary catheters placed | 9/45 (20.0%) |
System to monitor how long the patient has a urinary catheter | 9/45 (20.0%) |
Established* surveillance system for monitoring CAUTI rates | 8/45 (17.8%) |
Daily check whether the presence of a central venous catheter is still indicated | 39/43 (90.7%) |
Established* surveillance system for monitoring CLABSI rates | 41/43 (95.4%) |
Established* surveillance system for monitoring VAP rates | 11/42 (26.2%) |
Protocol for routinely testing for CDI as soon as patients develop diarrhea | 23/44 (52.3%) |
Surveillance system for monitoring the number of patients with CDI | 34/44 (77.3%) |
Presence of an antimicrobial stewardship program | 43/47 (91.5%) |