Table II.

Infection control policies available in Irish hospitals (N = 66)

Policy	Hospitals with policy/hospitals that answered question (%)	Policy updated in past three years/hospitals with policy that answered question (%)
Urinary catheter care	47/64 (73)	39/47 (83)
Vascular catheter care	58/63 (92)	49/56 (88)
Decontamination of medical devices	49/62 (79)	37/46 (80)
Postoperative wound care	36/62 (58)	26/33 (79)
Hand hygiene	64/65 (98)	51/63 (81)
Decontamination of endoscopes	46/60 (77)	31/44 (70)
Ward/environmental hygiene	58/63 (92)	47/57 (82)
Healthcare risk waste	61/64 (95)	46/57 (81)
Meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus	65/65 (100)	55/63 (87)