Table 3 Surveillance.
Variable | Core component 2: Surveillance | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Periodic local microbiology report | Antibiotic consumption monitoring system based on DDD/100 bed-days | Hand hygiene monitoring systemb | |||||||
Absent (N = 16) | Present (N = 22) | p valuea | Absent (N = 17) | Present (N = 21) | p valuea | Absent (N = 14) | Present (N = 24) | p valuea | |
Geographical area | |||||||||
Central Italy | 4 (25.0%) | 5 (22.7%) | 0.613 | 3 (17.6%) | 6 (28.6%) | 0.00671 | 1 (7.1%) | 8 (33.3%) | 0.0916 |
Islands | 2 (12.5%) | 7 (31.8%) | 6 (35.3%) | 3 (14.3%) | 4 (28.6%) | 5 (20.8%) | |||
Northern Italy | 6 (37.5%) | 5 (22.7%) | 1 (5.9%) | 10 (47.6%) | 3 (21.4%) | 8 (33.3%) | |||
Southern Italy | 4 (25.0%) | 5 (22.7%) | 7 (41.2%) | 2 (9.5%) | 6 (42.9%) | 3 (12.5%) | |||
Hospital type | |||||||||
Other | 1 (62%) | 0 (0%) | 0.696 | 0 (0%) | 1 (4.8%) | 0.61 | 1 (7.1%) | 0 (0%) | 0.11 |
Private–public | 1 (6.2%) | 1 (4.5%) | 0 (0%) | 2 (9.5%) | 8 (57.1%) | 7 (29.2%) | |||
Public hospital | 5 (31.3%) | 10 (45.5%) | 8 (47.1%) | 7 (33.3%) | 5 (35.7%) | 15 (62.5%) | |||
University hospital | 9 (56.3%) | 11 (50.0%) | 9 (52.9%) | 11 (52.4%) | 0 (0%) | 2 (8.3%) | |||
Bed capacity | |||||||||
< 200 | 2 (12.5%) | 2 (9.1%) | 0.623 | 2 (11.8%) | 2 (9.5%) | 0.777 | 2 (14.3%) | 2 (8.3%) | 0.686 |
≥ 1000 | 5 (31.2%) | 5 (22.7%) | 3 (17.6%) | 7 (33.3%) | 4 (28.6%) | 6 (25.0%) | |||
200–599 | 8 (50.0%) | 10 (45.5%) | 9 (52.9%) | 9 (42.9%) | 5 (35.7%) | 13 (54.2%) | |||
600–999 | 1 (6.3%) | 5 (22.7%) | 3 (17.6%) | 3 (14.3%) | 3 (21.4%) | 3 (12.5%) | |||
Case-mix complexityc | |||||||||
High | 5 (31.25%) | 8 (36.4%) | 0.924 | 5 (29.4%) | 8 (38.1%) | 0.313 | 6 (42.9%) | 7 (29.2%) | 0.639 |
Low | 6 (37.5%) | 7 (31.8%) | 8 (47.1%) | 5 (23.8%) | 5 (35.7%) | 8 (33.3%) | |||
Medium | 5 (31.25%) | 7 (31.8%) | 4 (23.5%) | 8 (38.1%) | 3 (21.4%) | 9 (37.5%) | |||
