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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2013 May 21;34(7):678–686. doi: 10.1086/670999

TABLE 3.

Associations between Professional Background, Infection Prevention and Control Department, and Hospital Characteristics with the Mean Number of Correct Responses

Variable No. of correct responses, mean ± SD P
Unadjusted Adjusteda
Job title .18 .11
 Infection preventionist 3.62 ± 0.89
 Hospital epidemiologist 3.95 ± 1.22
Clinical background .063 .044
 Yes (n = 81) 3.78 ± 0.10
 No (n = 26) 3.38 ± 0.18
Infection control and prevention department size .29 .16
 Less than 5 persons (n = 62) 3.60 ± 0.14
 At least 5 persons (n = 43) 3.79 ± 0.11
Hospital size .53 .74
 Less than 500 beds (n = 41) 3.63 ± 1.56
 At least 500 beds (n = 63) 3.75 ± 0.10
Years in infection control and prevention .61 .62
 Less than 5 years (n = 23) 3.65 ± 0.18
 At least 5 years (n = 82) 3.76 ± 0.10
CIC .77 .79
 Yes (n = 62) 3.77 ± 0.11
 No (n = 32) 3.72 ± 0.15
Presence of or plans for state-mandated healthcare-associated infection reporting .071 .55
 Yes (n = 95) 3.71 ± 0.095
 No (n = 18) 3.33 ± 0.28

NOTE. SD, standard deviation.

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Negative binomial models were used for analyses. Multivariate analyses adjusted for the size of the hospital, presence of a clinical background, presence of a Certification in Infection Control (CIC) credential, years of experience in infection control and prevention, size of the infection prevention and control department, presence of or plans for state-mandated reporting, and whether the respondent had recorded the name of the hospital. Mean number of correct responses in each category (of a possible 6) are presented. P values are for the difference between the 2 groups; significance is indicated by boldface type. Analyses are considered statistically significant at α =.05.