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

Table 4

Multivariable regression models of hospital characteristics and SME/LOPS scores.

Variable	SME				LOPS
	IP		QD		IP		QD
	b (SE)	P value	b (SE)	P value	b (SE)	P value	b (SE)	P value
Infection Prevention Program has independent budget	2.064 (0.680)	0.003	1.577 (0.496)	0.002	2.358 (0.863)	0.007	1.531 (0.509)	0.003
Presence of Hospital Epidemiologists	0.185 (0.691)	0.789	0.239 (0.503)	0.636	0.417 (0.877)	0.636	0.814 (0.516)	0.118
Beds	0.001 (0.002)	0.631	0.002 (0.002)	0.136	0.001 (0.003)	0.684	0.002 (0.002)	0.24

IP: infection preventionist; QD: quality director; SME: senior management; LOPS: leadership on patient safety.