Table 1.

Summary characteristics of accreditation and infection control scores, breakdown by peer group and timing of surveys

	Hospital peer group
	Principal	Large	Medium	Small
	N=28 (%)	N=13 (%)	N=24 (%)	N=31 (%)
Full accreditation on both surveys	57.1	61.5	33.3	3.2
Full accreditation in cycle 0 (surveys in 2009 and 2011)	58.8	62.5	21.4	0.0
Full accreditation in cycle 1 (surveys in 2010 and 2012)	54.5	60.0	50.0	10.0
High IC scores in one survey	25.0	30.8	8.3	3.2
High IC scores in both surveys	10.7	15.4	8.3	3.2
High IC scores in cycle 0 (surveys in 2009 and 2011)	29.4	25.0	7.1	0.0
High IC scores in second survey of each cycle (2011 or 2012)	45.5	80.0	30.0	20.0

Peer group as defined by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare.³⁰

IC, infection control.