Table 2:

Infection prevention and control staffing and personnel characteristics by urban/rural location, weighted estimates

	Total	Urban	Rural	p-value
	%
Type of Employment†
Full-time	83.0	81.9	89.5	0.024
Part-Time	14.1	15.3	6.7	0.005
Clinical Licensure†
RN/NP	93.6	93.9	92.3	0.52
LPN/LVN	3.0	2.4	6.8	0.023
Level of Education†
Associates	22.5	19.4	40.8	<0.001
Bachelors	55.3	57.0	45.4	0.014
Masters and above	16.4	18.1	6.4	<0.001
IPC Training or Certification
Specific IPC training/certification received	63.9	65.7	53.2	0.009
No specific IPC training	36.1	34.3	46.8	0.009
Responsibilities in Addition to IPC*
Supervision of Clinical Services/Patient Coordination	63.0	65.1	51.0	0.002
Quality Improvement	59.5	60.3	54.8	0.22
Education/Training	55.5	56.7	48.2	0.06
Clinical Administration/Management	54.5	55.3	49.9	0.24
No one in charge of IPC at the agency	5.5	5.0	8.3	0.14
		Mean (SD)		p-value
Time Devoted to IPC, Hours	8.4 (30.25)	8.7 (27.46)	6.7 (14.52)	0.34
		%		p-value
Most Time-Consuming IPC Activities*
Staff Education	85.7	86.6	80.7	0.07
Collecting/reporting infection data	81.7	81.2	84.5	0.33
Monitoring staff adherence to policy	72.1	73.1	66.4	0.13
IPC policy development	26.7	26.0	31.0	0.22
Monitoring staff vaccinations	16.1	16.5	13.7	0.39
Vaccination of patients	14.8	13.7	21.2	0.028

IPC, infection prevention and control; LPN, licensed professional nurse; LVN, licensed vocational nurse; RN, registered nurse; NP, nurse practitioner. All data shown are weighted. % are column percentages. p-values are significant at α<0.05. Totals varied due to missing data or skip patterns. Column totals may not add to 100% due to:

^*response choices were select all that apply, or

^†responses were mutually exclusive but Other and Don’t Know categories are not shown.