Table 3.
Cleaning of CF ambulatory clinics and inpatient rooms
| All CF centers (n = 60) | Pediatric-treating services (n = 38) | Adult-treating services (n = 22) | p-value | ≤200 patients (n = 52) | > 200 patients (n = 8) | p-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frequency of room cleaning: | 0.24 | 1.00 | |||||
| Daily, n (%) | 37/47 (79%) | 25/29 (86%) | 12/18 (67%) | 32/42 (76%) | 5/5 (100%) | ||
| Not daily, n (%) | 6/47 (13%) | 2/29 (7%) | 4/18 (22%) | 6/42 (14%) | 0/5 (0%) | ||
| Don’t know, n (%) | 4/47 (9%) | 2/29 (7%) | 2/18 (11%) | 4/42 (10%) | 0/5 (0%) | ||
| Cleaning of ambulatory rooms | |||||||
| Between patients: | 0.61 | 0.23 | |||||
| CF MDT, n (%) | 18/49 (37%) | 10/31 (32%) | 8/18 (44%) | 15/41 (37%) | 3/8 (38%) | ||
| Clinic nursing staff, n (%) | 20/49 (41%) | 12/31 (39%) | 8/18 (44%) | 17/41 (41%) | 3/8 (38%) | ||
| Cleaning staff, n (%) | 4/49 (8%) | 3/31 (10%) | 1/18 (6%) | 2/41 (5%) | 2/8 (25%) | ||
| Other staff~, n (%) | 7/49 (14%) | 6/31 (19%) | 1/18 (6%) | 7/41 (17%) | 0/8 (0%) | ||
| At end of clinic session: | 0.47 | 0.41 | |||||
| CF MDT, n (%) | 6/51 (12%) | 3/33 (9%) | 3/18 (17%) | 4/43 (9%) | 2/8 (25%) | ||
| Clinic nursing staff, n (%) | 10/51 (20%) | 7/33 (21%) | 3/18 (17%) | 9/43 (21%) | 1/8 (13%) | ||
| Cleaning staff, n (%) | 31/51 (61%) | 19/33 (58%) | 12/18 (67%) | 27/43 (63%) | 4/8 (50%) | ||
| Other staff~, n (%) | 4/51 (8%) | 4/33 (12%) | 0/18 (0%) | 3/43 (7%) | 1/8 (13%) | ||
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