Table 1.
Total N = 922 |
IC citation n = 320 |
No IC citation n = 602 |
P value | |
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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.