Table 3 Perceived difficulties in the work of infection control nurse respondents

Lack of support from hospital management

19 (10.4%)

57 (32.6%)

< 0.001

Lack of decision-making of the infection control committee

77 (42.1%)

39 (22.3%)

< 0.001

Low level of knowledge of infection control team members

68 (37.2%)

7 (4.0%)

< 0.001

Low level of knowledge of infection control committee members

16 (8.7%)

20 (11.4%)

0.398

Lack of involvement of the infection control committee in surveillance of infections

50 (27.3%)

80 (45.7%)

< 0.001

Lack of interest by medical staff in infection control

92 (50.3%)

105 (60.0%)

0.064

Reluctance of medical staff (wards) to take action for infection prevention

93 (50.8%)

88 (50.3%)

0.920

Lack of well-defined responsibility of infection control team members

89 (48.6%)

27 (15.4%)

< 0.001

Lack of well-defined responsibility of infection control committee members

26 (14.2%)

22 (12.6%)

0.650

Other difficulties (not precisely indicated)

69 (37.7%)

12 (6.9%)

< 0.001