Table 2.
Results for selected survey elements on ease of using measure, overall and by facility type
| All Facilities % (n) |
Acute Care Hospitals % (n) |
ASC % (n) |
Dialysis % (n) |
LTCF % (n) |
Physician Practice % (n) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agreement for CDC tool elements | ||||||
| Easy to use | 74.4 (174) | 74.4 (58) | 68.8 (11) | 72.1 (31) | 81.4 (48) | 68.4 (26) |
| Comprehensive | 76.1 (178) | 71.8 (56) | 75.0 (12) | 76.7 (33) | 81.4 (48) | 76.3 (29) |
| Relevant to my healthcare facility | 68.0 (159) | 73.1 (57) | 50.0 (8) | 69.8 (30) | 76.3 (45) | 50.0 (19) |
| Instructions were easy to understand | 70.1 (164) | 73.1 (57) | 50.0 (8) | 67.4 (29) | 76.3 (45) | 65.8 (25) |
| Definitions were easy to understand | 68.4 (160) | 70.5 (55) | 68.8 (11) | 65.1 (28) | 81.4 (48) | 47.4 (18) |
| Would recommend to other healthcare facilities | 63.7 (149) | 70.5 (55) | 43.8 (7) | 58.1 (25) | 69.5 (41) | 55.3 (21) |
| Agreement for ease of assigning HCP to correct denominator category a | ||||||
| Employees | 82.1 (192) | 83.3 (65) | 87.5 (14) | 83.7 (36) | 83.1 (49) | 73.7 (28) |
| Credentialed non-employees | 51.7 (121) | 41.0 (32) | 87.5 (14) | 72.1 (31) | 47.5 (28) | 42.1 (16) |
| Other non-employees | 44.4 (104) | 39.7 (31) | 50.0 (8) | 55.8 (24) | 49.2 (29) | 31.6 (12) |
| Agreement for ease of counting HCP a | ||||||
| Employees | 83.3 (195) | 80.8 (63) | 93.8 (15) | 83.7 (36) | 84.8 (50) | 81.6 (31) |
| Credentialed non-employees | 47.9 (112) | 32.1 (25) | 81.3 (13) | 69.8 (30) | 39.0 (23) | 55.3 (21) |
| Other non-employees | 37.6 (88) | 24.4 (19) | 43.8 (7) | 51.2 (22) | 35.6 (21) | 50.0 (19) |
ASC: Ambulatory Surgery Center; LTCF: Long-Term Care Facility; HCP: healthcare personnel.
a
Proportion responding “easy” or “very easy”