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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2020 Sep 22;43(7):939–942. doi: 10.1017/ice.2020.328

Table 1.

Survey responses by facility complexity, location, and CRE experience

Survey response (#
of responses for that
question)
Facility complexity Facility location CRE/CP-CRE Experience
Overall
responses
(%)
High
(n=56)
Low
(n=25)
p-value Rural
(n=17)
Urban
(n=64)
p-value Yes
(n=57)
No
(n=24)
p-value
Guideline practices
No CRE/CP-CRE cases seen at facility (n=81) 24 (29.6%) 10 (18%) 14 (56%) <0.01 9 (53%) 15 (24%) 0.03 NA NA NA
Conduct screening (n=81) 17 (20.9%) 13 (23%) 4 (16%) 0.56 4 (24%) 13 (21%) 0.75 14 (25%) 3 (13%) 0.43
Electronic health record flag (n=81) 73 (51.3%) 51 (91%) 22 (88%) 0.70 15 (88%) 58 (91%) 0.67 51 (90%) 22 (92%) 0.99
Electronic health record flag never discontinued (n=73) 39 (53.4%) 28 (55%) 11 (50%) 0.80 7 (47%) 32 (55%) 0.58 32 (63%) 7 (32%) 0.02
Communication (usually or always)
Non-VA Skilled Nursing Facility (n=81) 18 (22.2%) 12 (21%) 6 (24%) 0.78 4 (24%) 14 (22%) 0.99 14 (25%) 4 (17%) 0.56
Non-VA Acute Care Facility (n=81) 25 (15.1%) 15 (27%) 10 (40%) 0.30 6 (35%) 19 (30%) 0.77 21 (37%) 4 (17%) 0.11
VA Skilled Nursing Facility (n=81) 31 (38.3%) 25 (45%) 6 (24%) 0.09 5 (29%) 26 (41%) 0.58 27 (47%) 4 (17%) 0.01
VA Acute Care Facility (n=81) 34 (42.0%) 27 (48%) 7 (28%) 0.14 5 (29%) 29 (45%) 0.28 30 (53%) 4 (17%) 0.003
Use of Verbal, Written or Electronic communication (n=81) 67 (82.7%) 48 (86%) 19 (76%) 0.34 12 (71%) 55 (86%) 0.16 53 (93%) 14 (58%) 0.0005
Guidelines Fully Implemented (n=81) 46 (56.7%) 34 (61%) 12 (48%) 0.34 7 (41%) 39 (61%) 0.17 36 (63%) 10 (42%) 0.09