Table 1.

Hospital study site characteristics

Site	Region	Size†	Teaching hospital	CAUTI performance‡	CLABSI performance‡	Key informants
						Administrative leaders	Clinical leaders	Infection prevention & quality	Frontline staff
1	Midwest	Small	Yes	Average	Average	2	3	4	11
2	Midwest	Large	Yes	Worse	Better	2	11	8	11
3	Midwest	Small	No	Average	Average	1	5	4	9
4	Northeast	Large	Yes	Average	Better	2	8	5	11
5	Northeast	Medium	Yes	Average	Better	7	4	6	10
6	Midwest	Large	Yes	Better	Average	3	7	9	11
7	Northeast	Small	No	Average	Average	1	10	7	11
8	Northeast	Large	Yes	Better	Better	3	4	5	7
9	South	Extra-large	Yes	Worse	Average	3	12	9	6
10	South	Small	No	Average	Better	1	5	4	6
11	Midwest	Extra-large	Yes	Better	Average	3	21	10	12
12	Midwest	Small	No	Average	Average	1	4	2	9
13	West	Large	No	Average	Average	1	12	2	26
14	West	Small	No	Average	Average	4	10	1	11
15	Northeast	Medium	Yes	Worse	Average	3	6	11	10
16	South	Extra-large	Yes	Better	Better	7	5	5	10
17	South	Medium	No	Average	Better	2	4	4	5
18	South	Extra large	No	Better	Better	5	6	6	5

^†Hospital size is indicated by number of beds, such that small=less than 300; Medium=300-499; Large=500-899; Extra-large=900 or greater hospital beds.

^‡Hospital performance is indicated relative to the national average according to standardized infection ratios reported by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ Hospital Compare data.