Table 1 Results of infection control team rounding
From: Scope of a weekly infection control team rounding in an acute-care teaching hospital: a pilot study
| Categories of practices | Well maintained (%) | Improvement needed (%) | Long-term support needed (%) | Not applicable (%) | Could not be observed (%) | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hand hygiene | 936 (93.6) | 46 (4.6) | 0 | 0 | 18 (1.8) | 1000 |
| Safety injection practice | 664 (75.0) | 28 (3.2) | 1 (0.1) | 127 (14.4) | 65 (7.3) | 885 |
| Isolation | 391 (57.5) | 12 (1.8) | 0 (0) | 262 (38.5) | 15 (2.2) | 680 |
| Strategies to prevent occupationally acquired infection | 506 (80.6) | 35 (5.6) | 0 | 0 | 37 (5.9) | 628 |
| Practice to prevent catheter-related (central, urine catheter) or surgical site infections and pneumonia | 451 (48.6) | 19 (2.0) | 0 (0) | 390 (42.0) | 68 (7.3) | 928 |
| Decontamination, disinfection, and sterilization | 1349 (69.6) | 128 (6.6) | 12 (0.6) | 388 (20.0) | 61 (3.1) | 1938 |
| Linen and laundry | 451 (78.7) | 33 (5.8) | 6 (1.0) | 77 (13.4) | 6 (1.0) | 573 |
| Environmental prevention of infection | 403 (68.1) | 24 (4.1) | 0 | 142 (24.0) | 23 (3.9) | 592 |
| Maintain negative/positive pressure | 57 (25.0) | 6 (2.6) | 0 | 165 (72.4) | 0 | 228 |
| Total | 5208 (69.9) | 331 (4.4) | 19 (0.3) | 1601 (21.5) | 293 (3.9) | 7452 |