Table 1.

Reported proportions of time spent on infection prevention activities and locations from hospitals with and without an ESS

	Proportion of time (± SD)
	ESS (n 5 40)*	No ESS (n 5 147)*	P value
Type of activity
Surveillance: collecting,   analyzing, and interpreting data	40.6 (16.6)	35.9 (15.9)	.13
Policy development and   meetings	13.1 (11.6)	13.9 (9.7)	.43
Consultation and unit rounds	12.2 (7.4)	12.2 (8.1)	.8
Teaching: infection control  ypolicies and procedures	9.9 (6.6)	10.9 (6.4)	.66
Product evaluation, workman’s   compensation, research	7.9 (6.7)	8.7 (13)	.94
Daily isolation issues	5.7 (9.6)	7.6 (6.7)	.68
Activities related to outbreaks	4.3 (5.0)	4.3 (3.3)	.12
Employee/occupational health	3.7 (3.8)	7.1 (8.3)	.03†
Emergency preparedness	3.3 (2.5)	4.3 (3.3)	.11
Location of activity
Activities in infection   prevention office	51 (20)	47 (24)	.32
Inpatient	30.9 (18.2)	31.9 (22.7)	.76
Outpatient	7.1 (8.7)	5.9 (9.7)	.47
Long-term care	2.5 (6.4)	6.5 (12)	.05†
Other	8.5 (12.7)	8.7 (12.5)	.94

^*Not all respondents completed this section of the survey.

^†No significant difference in logistic regression model when controlled for bed size.