Table 1.

Characteristics of survey and interview participants

Survey participants					Interview participants
Participant characteristics	Frequency (N = 165)	Mean	SD +/−	% of sample	Frequency (N = 27)	% of sample
Gender	148			90	27	100
Female	132			80	24	89
Male	16			10	3	11
Age	123	47	12	75	27	100
< 29	11			7	2	7
30–39	27			16	2	7
40–49	23			14	8	30
50–59	50			30	9	33
> 60	12			7	6	22
Staff profession	155			94	27	100
Director of Nursing	–			–	6	22
Licensed Nurse / Geriatric Nurse	85			52	15	56
Nursing Aid / Nursing Assistant	65			39	–	–
Nursing Students	5			3	–	–
Hygiene Specialist (nursing background)	–			–	4	15
Hygiene Specialist (other professional backgrounds)	–			–	2	7
Shift	149			90	27	100
Day	104			63	27	100
Night	6			4	–	-
Day and Night	39			24	–	-
Job tenure in the institution (years)	128	10	7	78	27	100
< 5	46			28	4	15
6–10	25			16	4	15
11–15	26			16	8	30
16–20	18			11	6	22
21–25	11			7	5	19
> 25	1			1	–	–

An overview of responses to the staff survey is given in Table 2 as well as in Figs. 1 and 2.