TABLE 1.
Respondent Professional Background, Hospital Epidemiology and Infection Control and Prevention Department, and Hospital Characteristics, of 113 Total Respondents
| Characteristic | Value |
|---|---|
| Title or position (missing = 7) | |
| Infection preventionist | 84 (79.3) |
| Hospital epidemiologist | 19 (17.9) |
| Other | 3 (2.8) |
| CIC or in training (missing = 19) | 62 (76.6) |
| Degree or training (missing = 7)a | |
| Nursing (RN, BSN, MSN) | 62 (58.5) |
| Public health, epidemiology, health administration, or policy | 36 (34.0) |
| Physician (MD, DO) | 18 (17.0) |
| Medical technology | 14 (13.2) |
| Microbiology | 7 (6.6) |
| Any clinical background or training (missing = 6) | 81 (75.7) |
| Years in infection prevention, mean ± SD | 11.9 ± 8.4 |
| Size of hospital (missing = 9) | |
| Less than 200 beds | 16 (15.4) |
| 200–499 beds | 25 (24.1) |
| At least 500 beds | 63 (60.6) |
| Type of hospital (missing = 8) | |
| Acute care | 101 (96.2) |
| Not for profit, nongovernmental | 81 (77.1) |
| State or local governmental | 12 (11.4) |
| For profit | 6 (5.7) |
| Federal governmental | 6 (5.7) |
| Teaching hospital (physician, dental, or podiatry residents; missing = 11) | 81 (79.4) |
| Size of infection control and prevention department, mean ± SD (missing = 8) | 5.9 ± 3.8 |
| State reporting requirements (missing = 5)b | |
| Any current state-mandated reporting | 89 (82.4) |
| SSI | 73 (64.6) |
| BSI | 82 (72.6) |
| Pneumonia | 18 (15.9) |
| Gastrointestinal infection | 9 (8.0) |
| Planned state-reporting requirements (missing = 5)c | 6 (5.3) |
| No current reporting or plan to report healthcare-associated infections | 7 (6.2) |
NOTE. Data are no. (% of nonmissing responses), unless otherwise indicated. BSI, bloodstream infection; CIC, Certification in Infection Control credential; SD, standard deviation; SSI, surgical site infection.
For these items, participants were asked to answer yes or no for each individual degree or training option. Missing responses were considered to be answers of no. Seven participants did not respond to any items and so were considered to have had missing responses for these items. One respondent stated that he or she was a nurse practitioner or physician assistant.
Only 3–6 (2.7%–5.3%) respondents reported other infections, such as bone and joint infection; cardiovascular system infection; eye, ears, nose, and throat infection; lower respiratory tract infection; skin and soft-tissue infection; and systemic infection.
Included urinary tract infection, SSI, BSI, and pneumonia.