Table 2 Perceived usefulness of training and severity of problems in cooperation of infection control nurses with various groups of hospital employees

 Detection and registration of infections, data preparation and reporting

low

4 (2.4%)

16 (9.7%)

moderate

48 (28.0%)

58 (35.2%)

high

119 (69.5%)

91 (55.1%)

 Cooperation with the microbiology laboratory, monitoring antibiotic usage and drug resistance

low

6 (3.6%)

7 (4.2%)

moderate

55 (32.9%)

70 (42.1%)

high

106 (63.5%)

89 (53.6%)

 Hospital hygiene

low

0 (0.0%)

6 (3.6%)

moderate

41 (24.4%)

55 (32.9%)

high

127 (75.6%)

106 (63.4%)

 Staff training – methods, effectiveness assessment

low

6 (3.9%)

12 (7.3%)

moderate

65 (41.7%)

75 (45.7%)

high

85 (54.5%)

77 (47.0%)

 Interpersonal skills, motivating and implementing changes, cooperation with hospital staff

low

10 (7.0%)

18 (11.4%)

moderate

70 (48.6%)

77 (48.7%)

high

64 (44.5%)

63 (39.9%)

Problems in

 Cooperation with surgical ward medical staff

low

15 (9.1%)

16 (9.9%)

moderate

69 (42.0%)

74 (45.6%)

high

80 (48.8%)

72 (44.4%)

 Cooperation with surgical ward nurses

low

59 (39.1%)

62 (39.5%)

moderate

62 (41.1%)

63 (40.2%)

high

30 (19.9%)

32 (20.4%)

 Cooperation with intensive care unit medical staff

low

31 (22.8%)

27 (18.0%)

moderate

66 (48.5%)

80 (53.3%)

high

39 (28.7%)

43 (28.7%)

 Cooperation with intensive care unit nurses

low

59 (46.8%)

64 (43.8%)

moderate

39 (31.0%)

58 (39.7%)

high

28 (22.2%)

24 (16.4%)

 Cooperation with treatment ward medical staff

low

15 (9.0%)

21 (13.4%)

moderate

99 (58.9%)

87 (55.7%)

high

54 (32.1%)

48 (30.8%)

 Cooperation with treatment ward nurses

low

58 (36.9%)

63 (40.4%)

moderate

68 (43.3%)

71 (45.5%)

high

31 (19.7%)

22 (14.1%)

 Cooperation with the head doctor of infection control team

low

58 (35.8%)

74 (45.7%)

moderate

50 (30.9%)

55 (33.9%)

high

54 (33.3%)

33 (20.3%)

 Cooperation with administration (accounting department, human resources department, purchasing department)

low

42 (25.8%)

46 (28.5%)

moderate

84 (51.5%)

75 (46.6%)

high

37 (22.7%)

40 (24.8%)

 Cooperation with microbiological laboratory (hospital laboratory. external laboratory)

low

71 (45.0%)

73 (46.5%)

moderate

48 (30.4%)

53 (33.7%)

high

39 (24.7%)

31 (19.8%)

 Cooperation with other employees (sterilization department, cleaning staff)

low

41 (27.3%)

59 (36.4%)

moderate

89 (59.3%)

80 (49.4%)

high

20 (13.3%)

23 (14.2%)

 Cooperation with hospital management (directors: general, medical)

low

37 (22.9%)

57 (35.2%)

moderate

75 (46.6%)

62 (38.2%)

high

49 (30.4%)

43 (26.6%)