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Table 2 Results of the Korean national IPC survey corresponding to CC1 and CC3 of the WHO IPCAF

From: A nationwide survey on the implementation of infection prevention and control components in 1442 hospitals in the Republic of Korea: comparison to the WHO Infection Prevention and Control Assessment Framework (IPCAF)

Korean national IPC survey questions

Answer

Number (%)

Tertiary hospital

(n = 42)

General hospital

(n = 260)

Hospital

(n = 167)

Long-term care hospital

(n = 973)

Corresponding IPCAF core component: Core Component 1 (IPC program)

Availability of an IPC team

Yes (Available)

42 (100.0)

251 (96.5)

37 (22.1)

62 (6.3)

Availability of an IPC committee

Yes (available)

42 (100.0)

257 (98.8)

64 (38.3)

704 (72.4)

Number of IPC committee meetings held per year

0–1

0 (0.0)

4 (1.5)

6 (9.4)

35 (5.0)

2

6 (14.3)

83 (31.9)

22 (34.4)

296 (42.0)

3 times or more

36 (85.7)

170 (65.3)

36 (21.5)

373 (38.3)

Do you feel that committee meetings are helpful?

Yes

42 (100.0)

234 (90.0)

48 (28.7)

630 (64.7)

No

0 (0.0)

23 (8.8)

16 (9.5)

74 (7.6)

Not replied

0 (0.0)

3 (1.2)

103 (61.8)

269 (27.7)

Availability of an IPC program

Yes (available)

42 (100.0)

249 (95.8)

56 (33.5)

745 (76.6)

Availability of at least one full-time IPC professional

Full-time IPC nurse

42 (100.0)

255 (98.1)

112 (67.0)

DNA

Average number of doctors and nurses in the IPC team (number)

Doctors

4.74

1.66

0.91

0.68

Nurses

7.31

2.23

0.95

1.00

Core Component 3 (IPC education and training)

Mode of IPC training (percentage to total number of training sessions, multiple answers allowed)

Oral instruction

88.9

86.7

77.0

61.6

e-learning

9.8

9.5

13.9

37.2

Interactive

25.2

14.9

8.1

12.3

Ongoing education for IPC staff (average hours of received education per year)

Doctors

21.67

21.26

5.20

6.57

Nurses

44.82

46.10

12.97

12.15

  1. IPC infection prevention and control, CC core component, WHO World Health Organization, IPCAF Infection Prevention and Control Assessment Framework, DNA data not available