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http://dx.doi.org/10.14400/JDC.2014.12.5.353

The status of Healthcare-associated Infection Control among Healthcare Facilities in Korea  

Jeong, Sun-Young (Dept. of Nursing, Konyang University)
Kim, Og Son (Dept. of Nursing Science, Sangji University)
Lee, Ji-Young (Dept. of Infection Control, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul St. Mary's hospita)
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Journal of Digital Convergence / v.12, no.5, 2014 , pp. 353-366 More about this Journal
Abstract
The purpose was to describe the state of healthcare-associated infection(HAI) control. Data were collected from 134 hospitals. The questionnaire developed by Kang[8] were modified. The mean of hospital beds was 556.4, 26.9% of hospitals were less than 300 beds. 99.3% of hospitals had infection control committee(ICC). ICC met 3.4 times a year. 54.5% of hospitals had one infection control practitioner(ICP). 95.5% of ICPs were nurse, 48.7% of ICPs had more than master's degree. Hospital experience of ICPs was 13.5 years. ICP experience was 3.2 years. 30.8% of ICPs worked for less than 1 year. All hospitals investigated HAI, 75.4% performed improvement activities. There are significant differences in existence of ICD, negative pressure room, computer program, numbers of ICPs according to hospital size. Manpower, organization, and facilities lacked in less than 300 beds. This conclusions will give baseline data to establish infection control system, manpower and practice in small-medium hospitals.
Keywords
Healthcare-associated infection; Infection control; Status; Infection control practitioner; Committee;
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