Table 1.

Characteristics of participating IPs and staff nurses

IPs	N (%)	Staff nurses	N (%)
Total respondents	228	Total respondents	150
Discipline*		Population
Nursing	182(80)	Adult	103(69)
Public health	19(8)	Pediatric	47(31)
Infection prevention	19(8)	Inpatient unit
Others	24(11)	Intensive care	110(73)
Current practice environment		Progressive care/medical surgical	17(11)
Acute care	171(81)	Other	21 (14)
Long-term care	17(8)	Experience as registered nurse (y)
Other	24(11)	<1	5(3)
Worked as IP (y)		1−3	31 (21)
<1	8 (4)	>3−5	22 (15)
1−3	30(13)	>5−10	42 (28)
>3−5	32(14)	>10	48 (32)
>5−10	40(18)	—	—
>10	113(50)	—	—

NOTE. Percentages are calculated based on number of responses to each question. IP, infection preventionist.

^*Multiple responses permitted.