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Table 1 Results of infection control team rounding

From: Scope of a weekly infection control team rounding in an acute-care teaching hospital: a pilot study

Categories of practices

Well maintained (%)

Improvement needed (%)

Long-term support needed (%)

Not applicable (%)

Could not be observed (%)

Total

Hand hygiene

936 (93.6)

46 (4.6)

0

0

18 (1.8)

1000

Safety injection practice

664 (75.0)

28 (3.2)

1 (0.1)

127 (14.4)

65 (7.3)

885

Isolation

391 (57.5)

12 (1.8)

0 (0)

262 (38.5)

15 (2.2)

680

Strategies to prevent occupationally acquired infection

506 (80.6)

35 (5.6)

0

0

37 (5.9)

628

Practice to prevent catheter-related (central, urine catheter) or surgical site infections and pneumonia

451 (48.6)

19 (2.0)

0 (0)

390 (42.0)

68 (7.3)

928

Decontamination, disinfection, and sterilization

1349 (69.6)

128 (6.6)

12 (0.6)

388 (20.0)

61 (3.1)

1938

Linen and laundry

451 (78.7)

33 (5.8)

6 (1.0)

77 (13.4)

6 (1.0)

573

Environmental prevention of infection

403 (68.1)

24 (4.1)

0

142 (24.0)

23 (3.9)

592

Maintain negative/positive pressure

57 (25.0)

6 (2.6)

0

165 (72.4)

0

228

Total

5208 (69.9)

331 (4.4)

19 (0.3)

1601 (21.5)

293 (3.9)

7452