Table 1.

Descriptive Statistics and Bivariate Associations Between Nursing Home Characteristics and Infection Control Deficiency Citations.

	Total N = 922	IC citation n = 320	No IC citation n = 602	P value
Facility characteristic
Total beds (mean, SD)	119 (68)	116 (54)	120 (74)	.45
Percent occupancy (mean, SD)	0.82 (0.15)	0.80 (0.15)	0.83 (0.16)	.06
Ownership
For profit	646 (70.1)	244 (76.3)	402 (66.8)	<.01
Government	47 (5.1)	20 (6.3)	27 (4.5)
Nonprofit	229 (24.8)	56 (17.5)	173 (28.7)
Census region
Midwest	325 (35.2)	127 (39.7)	198 (32.9)	<.01
Northeast	201 (21.8)	39 (12.2)	162 (26.9)
South	272 (29.5)	105 (32.8)	167 (27.7)
West	124 (13.5)	49 (15.3)	75 (12.5)
Setting
Metro	668 (72.4)	224 (70.0)	444 (73.8)	.20
Large urban	81 (8.8)	28 (8.8)	53 (8.8)
Small urban	142 (15.4)	53 (16.6)	89 (14.8)
Rural	31 (3.4)	15 (4.7)	16 (2.7)
Owned by multifacility organization	506 (54.9)	171 (53.4)	335 (55.7)	.52
Infection control program characteristic
IP received training in infection control	359 (38.9)	115 (35.9)	244 (40.5)	.17
IP certified in infection control	25 (2.7)	7 (0.8)	18 (1.9)	.48
Frequency of infection control committee meetings
Biweekly/weekly/monthly	556 (61.2)	215 (67.8)	341 (57.6)	<.01
Quarterly	245 (27.0)	65 (20.5)	180 (30.4)
Annually/not regularly/other	108 (11.8)	37 (11.7)	71 (12.0)
Involved in an infection prevention collaborative	292 (32.2)	104 (33.3)	188 (31.5)	.58
Implemented electronic health records	445 (49.4)	158 (50.3)	287 (48.9)	0.68
Three or more IPs in the previous 3 years	349 (40.7)	132 (45.4)	217 (38.3)	0.05
Three or more DONs in the previous 3 years	348 (41.7)	121 (43.5)	227 (40.8)	0.44
Three or more administrators in the previous 3 years	317 (37.9)	113 (40.2)	204 (36.7)	0.32

Note. Data presented as n (%) unless otherwise noted. IC = infection control; IP = infection preventionist; DON = director of nursing.