TABLE 2.
Perceived Changes in Infection Control Program Resources
| No. (%) of responding hospitals | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Resource increase in past 3 years? | Total (n = 110) | No required reporting (n = 19) |
Any required reporting (n = 91) |
P value |
| Physician hospital epidemiologist effort | .21 | |||
| Yes | 23 (20.9) | 6 (31.6) | 17 (18.7) | |
| No | 87 (79.1) | 13 (68.4) | 74 (81.3) | |
| Nurse infection preventionist effort | .96 | |||
| Yes | 40 (36.4) | 7 (36.8) | 33 (36.3) | |
| No | 70 (63.6) | 12 (62.2) | 58 (63.7) | |
| Other effort, either full or part-timea | .56 | |||
| Yes | 29 (26.4) | 4 (21.1) | 25 (27.5) | |
| No | 81 (73.6) | 15 (79.0) | 66 (72.5) | |
| Funding (other than for personnel) | .13 | |||
| Yes | 23 (20.9) | 7 (36.8) | 16 (17.6) | |
| No | 83 (75.5) | 12 (63.2) | 71 (78.0) | |
| Don’t know | 4 (3.6) | 0 (0) | 4 (4.4) | |
a
For example, administrative assistant or data analyst.