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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Sep 14.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Infect Control. 2009 Feb 8;37(5):351–357. doi: 10.1016/j.ajic.2008.11.001

Table 2.

Activities reported by infection preventionists regarding how they spent their time

Activity Percent of Time
Median Mean SD Minimum Maximum
Collecting analyzing and interpreting data on the occurrence of infections 49.0 44.5 14.3 7 80
Policy development and meetings 14.0 15.0 8.8 0 55
Daily isolation issues 10.0 12.9 9.0 0 50
Teaching infection prevention and control policies and procedures 10.0 13.0 6.2 1 35
Other (eg, product evaluation, employee health, and emergency preparedness) 5.0 8.8 8.2 0 60
Activities related to outbreaks 5.0 6.1 4.8 0 40

NOTE. N = 269 responses. Means are the average percent of time reported by all respondents. Twenty respondents did not provide data in this section. Means may not sum to 100% because of rounding.