Patient Safety Climate: Variation in Perceptions by Infection Preventionists and Quality Directors

Table 1

Hospital and infection prevention and control department characteristics.

	𝑁=132	%
Medical school affiliation
Yes	28	21
No	104	79
Location of hospital
Urban setting	55	42
Suburb	43	33
Rural setting	34	26
Infection Prevention Program has independent budget
Yes	70	53
No/missing	62	47
Presence of hospital epidemiologist
Yes	68	52
No/missing	64	48
Use of an electronic surveillance System
Yes	37	28
No	95	72
Infection Prevention Director reports to Quality Management Director/Vice President or Director/Vice President of Patient Safety
Yes	27	20
No	105	80
Role in infection prevention department; (IPs only)
IP Director/coord.
Yes	99	75
No/missing	33	25
	Mean (SD)
Beds	241 (±161)
Number of infection prevention professional staff per 100 beds	0.55 (±0.56)