Table 1.
Description of Hospitals and ICUs
| Hospital characteristics (n= 250) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Region | n | % |
| Northeast | 109 | 44 |
| South | 66 | 26 |
| Midwest | 40 | 16 |
| West | 35 | 14 |
| Mandatory reporting (State) | 189 | 76 |
| Bed count | ||
| <201 | 50 | 20 |
| 201–00 | 145 | 58 |
| 501–000 | 50 | 20 |
| >1000 | 5 | 2 |
| Hand hygiene compliance (n= 240) | ||
| All of the time (95–100%) | 17 | 7 |
| Usually (75–94%) | 104 | 43 |
| Sometimes (25–74%) | 79 | 33 |
| Rarely/never (<25%) | 1 | 0.4 |
| Hospital epidemiologist | ||
| Full time | 15 | 6 |
| Part time | 105 | 42 |
| Years in NHSN/NNIS | ||
| <1 | 33 | 13 |
| 1–3 | 78 | 31 |
| <3 | 134 | 54 |
| Missing | 5 | 2 |
| Median | ||
| Percent IP certified | 50% | |
| Median FTE IP staffing per 100 beds | ||
| 25th percentile | 0.41 | |
| 50th percentile | 0.61 | |
| 75th percentile | 0.87 | |
| ICU type (n = 415) | n | % |
| Medical | 103 | 25 |
| Medical/surgical | 223 | 54 |
| Surgical | 89 | 21 |
FTE, full-time equivalents.