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Patient Safety Annual Facility Survey Reports
Reports based on data collected in NHSN’s Annual Facility Survey from acute care hospitals, inpatient rehabilitation facilities, and long-term acute care hospitals. Additional data from NHSN’s annual facility surveys are published in the HAI Progress Reports.
- Hospital Microbiology Laboratory Practices for Enterobacteriaceae – Findings from the 2015 and 2016 NHSN Annual Survey
Data from the 2015 and 2016 NHSN annual hospital surveys are used to describe laboratory testing practices in US short-stay acute care hospitals. - Antibiotic Stewardship Programs in US Acute Care Hospitals; Findings from the 2014 NHSN Annual Survey
Data from the 2014 NHSN annual hospital survey are used to describe the extent of antibiotic stewardship programs as defined by CDC’s Core Elements. - Policies for Controlling Multidrug-Resistant Organisms in US Healthcare Facilities Reporting to NHSN, 2014
Data from the 2014 NHSN annual surveys are used to describe the policies in US healthcare facilities for controlling multidrug-resistant organisms.
Overview
The National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) Patient Safety Component Annual Facility Survey collects facility-level HAI reporting practices during the prior calendar year. The majority of all acute care hospitals (ACHs), long-term acute care hospitals (LTACHs), and inpatient rehabilitation facilities (IRFs) in the United States are reporting data to NHSN. Each year, all facilities enrolled in the NHSN Patient Safety Component must complete a survey that includes questions about laboratory, infection control, newborn care, antibiotic stewardship, sepsis practices, and water management. In most cases, the facility’s infection preventionist (IP) completes the survey; however, facilities are encouraged to work with the hospital epidemiologist and quality improvement coordinator.
This data spotlight focuses on IPs and full-time epidemiologists (FTEs) at acute care hospitals in 2021. Acute care hospitals included, children’s, general, military, oncology, orthopedic, psychiatric, surgical, veteran administration, women’s, and women and child hospitals; critical access hospitals were excluded.
| N = 3,904 | |||
| Total | Mean | Median | |
| Infection preventionist (IPs) | 7,377.3 | 1.9 | 1.0 |
| Full-time epidemiologists (FTEs) | 1,698.2 | 0.4 | 0.1 |
| Infection Preventionists (IPs) | Full-time epidemiologists (FTEs) | |||||
| Bed size | Total | Mean | Median | Total | Mean | Median |
| < 50 beds (N = 876) | 894.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 229.7 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
| 50–150 beds (N = 1,255) | 1,520.7 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 425.1 | 0.33 | 0.0 |
| 150–250 beds (N = 730) | 1,268.7 | 1.7 | 1.5 | 310.7 | 0.4 | 0.1 |
| 250+ beds (N = 1,043) | 3,693.9 | 3.5 | 3.0 | 732.8 | 0.7 | 0.3 |
| Infection Preventionists (IPs) | Full-time epidemiologists (FTEs) | |||||
| Teaching affiliation | Total | Mean | Median | Total | Mean | Median |
| Major teaching school (N = 1,401) | 3,950.7 | 2.8 | 2.0 | 787.1 | 0.6 | 0.3 |
| Graduate medical school (N = 581) | 1,071.9 | 1.8 | 1.1 | 299.1 | 0.5 | 0.1 |
| Undergraduate medical school (N = 528) | 729.4 | 1.4 | 1.0 | 152.5 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
| Non-teaching (N = 1,394) | 1,625.3 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 459.4 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
Conclusions
Among acute care hospitals in 2021, the median number of IPs was 1.89, and the median number of FTEs was 0.43. The mean number of IPs and FTEs increased as facility bed size increased. In addition, facilities that identified as major teaching facilities had the greatest mean and median number of IPs and FTEs, and non-teaching facilities reported the lowest mean and median number of IPs and FTEs.
Data source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN)
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Content source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention , National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (NCEZID) , Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion (DHQP)
