Table 4 Results of the Korean National IPC survey corresponding to CC2, CC7, and CC8 of the WHO 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 2 (IPC guidelines) | |||||
Availability of a guideline for: | Antibiotic stewardship | 42 (100.0) | 171 (65.7) | 86 (51.5) | 302 (31.0) |
Disinfection and sterilizationa | 42 (100.0) | 251 (96.5) | 123 (73.6) | 889 (91.3) | |
Environmental cleaning | 42 (100.0) | 249 (95.8) | 120 (71.9) | DNA | |
Corresponding IPCAF core component: Core Component 7 (Workload, staffing and bed occupancy) | |||||
Bed spacing in ICU (meters) | Average distance between patient beds | 1.8 | 1.6 | DNA | DNA |
Core Component 8 (Built environment, materials, and equipment for IPC) | |||||
Hand hygiene stations in ICU | Number of patients sharing a hand hygiene station | 1.6 | 2.8 | 4.1 | 6.8 |
PPE in ICU (percentage among hospitals with ICU) | Masks | 42 (100.0) | 221 (99.5) | 17 (85.0) | 16 (100.0) |
Alcohol-based hand rub | 42 (100.0) | 221 (99.5) | 20 (100.0) | 16 (100.0) | |
Isolation rooms in ER | Average number of negative pressure isolation rooms in ER | 2.4 | 0.6 | DNA | DNA |
Injection safety: area where fluid/injections are preparedb | Sterile compound/clean rooms | 10 (23.8) | 9 (3.5) | 1 (0.6) | 11 (1.1) |
Dedicated/separate preparation area in wards | 28 (66.7) | 167 (64.2) | 116 (69.5) | 483 (49.6) | |
Other areasc | 4 (9.5) | 84 (32.3) | 50 (29.9) | 479 (49.3) | |