Table 1.
Characteristics of Hospital Sites (n = 11) and Hospital Staff Participants (n = 116).
| Region | Northeast (n = 3) | South (n = 3) | Midwest (n = 3) | West (n = 2) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beds (count rounded) | 1,300 | 860 | 430 | 470 | 420 | 350 | 510 | 250 | 160 | 510 | 410 |
| Staff participants | |||||||||||
| Administratora | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Hospital epidemiologist | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — |
| Infection control staff | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Senior clinicianb | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Staff nursec | — | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 |
| Otherd | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| Total participants | 10 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 |
a
Chief nursing officers, directors, vice presidents
b
Medical doctors, intensive care unit directors, hospitalists
c
Nurse managers, nurse practitioners, patient care supervisors
d
Transport supervisors, pharmacists, nurse’s aides, physical therapists