Experience and perspectives of infection prevention staff of the COVID-19 response in Australian hospitals

Table 1 Demographics of participants

	n	%
Profession
Physician	36	23
Physician trainee	2	1
Infection control professional	122	76
Years worked in infection prevention
< 1 year	7	4
1–5	43	27
6–10 years	43	27
11–15 years	30	19
16 years or more	37	23
Leadership role
Yes	116	73
Full time equivalent (FTE) infection prevention staff
< 1	37	23
1 or 2	55	34
3 or 4	32	20
≥ 5	29	18
Missing	7	4
The hospital I primarily work in is located in the following area
Metropolitan	98	61
Regional	32	20
Rural	30	19
The hospital I primarily work in is
Public	124	78
Private	32	20
I spend an equal time in both private and public hospitals	4	3
The hospital I primarily work in is located in the following state/territory
VIC	55	34
NSW	53	33
QLD	17	11
NT	4	3
WA	19	12
SA	6	4
TAS	6	4
Approximate number of beds at hospital
< 200	59	37
200–400	41	26
> 400	60	38
Approximately number of confirmed COVID-19 inpatients treated at the hospital
0	51	32
1–10	42	26
11–25	20	13
> 25	43	27
I don’t know	4	3
Outbreaks or clusters at the hospital
Yes	34	21
No	110	69
I don’t know	2	1
Missing	14	9

ISSN: 2047-2994