Table 2 Characteristics of participating hospitals, infection prevention and control (IPC) structure, resources, and practices
Characteristic | Value |
|---|---|
Hospital size (number of beds), n (%) | |
< 200 | 19 (45.23) |
200–500 | 19 (45.23) |
≥ 500 | 4 (9.52) |
Ownership, n (%) | |
Public | 39 (92.86) |
Private | 0 |
Not-for-profit | 3 (7.14) |
Level of care, n (%) | |
Basic | 9 (21.43) |
Primary level | 19 (45.23) |
Secondary level | 8 (19.05) |
Specialized | 6 (14.29) |
IPC structure and resources | |
Infection control personnel, median (interquartile range, IQR) | |
Full-time equivalent (FTE) doctors per 1000 beds | 2.03 (1.21 -2.78) |
FTE nurses per 1000 beds | 6.71 (5.18 -9.22) |
FTE stewardship consultants per 1000 beds | 0.15 (0 – 1.96) |
Proportion of single rooms (% over all rooms), median (IQR) | 16.2 (11–23) |
Diagnostic capacity: | |
Number of blood cultures/year (per 1000 patient-days, PDs) | 60.1 (28.76–83.75) ab |
Number of stool tests for Clostridium difficile/year (per 1000 PDs) | 5.72 (3.54 -8.57) ab |
Possibility of requesting exams during the weekend, n (%) | 30 (71.43) |
IPC practices | |
Alcohol-based hand rub consumption/year (litres per 1000 PDs), median (IQR) | 24 (17–30)a |
Participation surveillance networks, n (%) | |
Surgical site infections | 38 (90.48) |
Urinary tract infections | 32 (76.19) |
C. difficile infections | 17 (40.48) |
Antibiotic resistance | 35 (83.33) |
Antibiotic use | 29 (69.05) |
Other | 10 (23.81) |