Table 3: Healthcare-associated infection.
Variables |
Category |
No. |
% |
Impact of a health care-associated infection on a patient’s clinical outcome |
Very low |
13 |
3.1 |
Low |
51 |
12.0 |
|
High |
259 |
60.9 |
|
Very high |
102 |
24.0 |
|
What is the effectiveness of hand hygiene in preventing health care-associated infection? |
Very low |
9 |
2.1 |
Low |
55 |
12.9 |
|
High |
235 |
55.3 |
|
Very high |
126 |
29.6 |
|
Among all patient safety issues, how important is hand hygiene at your institution? |
Very low |
0 |
0.0 |
Low |
119 |
28.0 |
|
High |
191 |
44.9 |
|
Very high |
115 |
27.1 |