Table 2.
Results of the Korean national IPC survey corresponding to CC1 and CC3 of the WHO IPCAF
| Korean national IPC survey questions | Answer | Number (%) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tertiary hospital (n = 42) |
General hospital (n = 260) |
Hospital (n = 167) |
Long-term care hospital (n = 973) |
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| Corresponding IPCAF core component: Core Component 1 (IPC program) | |||||
| Availability of an IPC team | Yes (Available) | 42 (100.0) | 251 (96.5) | 37 (22.1) | 62 (6.3) |
| Availability of an IPC committee | Yes (available) | 42 (100.0) | 257 (98.8) | 64 (38.3) | 704 (72.4) |
| Number of IPC committee meetings held per year | 0–1 | 0 (0.0) | 4 (1.5) | 6 (9.4) | 35 (5.0) |
| 2 | 6 (14.3) | 83 (31.9) | 22 (34.4) | 296 (42.0) | |
| 3 times or more | 36 (85.7) | 170 (65.3) | 36 (21.5) | 373 (38.3) | |
| Do you feel that committee meetings are helpful? | Yes | 42 (100.0) | 234 (90.0) | 48 (28.7) | 630 (64.7) |
| No | 0 (0.0) | 23 (8.8) | 16 (9.5) | 74 (7.6) | |
| Not replied | 0 (0.0) | 3 (1.2) | 103 (61.8) | 269 (27.7) | |
| Availability of an IPC program | Yes (available) | 42 (100.0) | 249 (95.8) | 56 (33.5) | 745 (76.6) |
| Availability of at least one full-time IPC professional | Full-time IPC nurse | 42 (100.0) | 255 (98.1) | 112 (67.0) | DNA |
| Average number of doctors and nurses in the IPC team (number) | Doctors | 4.74 | 1.66 | 0.91 | 0.68 |
| Nurses | 7.31 | 2.23 | 0.95 | 1.00 | |
| Core Component 3 (IPC education and training) | |||||
| Mode of IPC training (percentage to total number of training sessions, multiple answers allowed) | Oral instruction | 88.9 | 86.7 | 77.0 | 61.6 |
| e-learning | 9.8 | 9.5 | 13.9 | 37.2 | |
| Interactive | 25.2 | 14.9 | 8.1 | 12.3 | |
| Ongoing education for IPC staff (average hours of received education per year) | Doctors | 21.67 | 21.26 | 5.20 | 6.57 |
| Nurses | 44.82 | 46.10 | 12.97 | 12.15 | |
IPC infection prevention and control, CC core component, WHO World Health Organization, IPCAF Infection Prevention and Control Assessment Framework, DNA data not available