PMID- 24837109
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20150127
LR  - 20181202
IS  - 1527-3296 (Electronic)
IS  - 0196-6553 (Linking)
VI  - 42
IP  - 6
DP  - 2014 Jun
TI  - Infection prevention needs assessment in Colorado hospitals: rural and urban 
      settings.
PG  - 597-601
LID - S0196-6553(14)00177-1 [pii]
LID - 10.1016/j.ajic.2014.03.004 [doi]
AB  - BACKGROUND: The purpose of our study was to conduct a needs assessment for 
      infection prevention programs in both rural and urban hospitals in Colorado. 
      METHODS: Infection control professionals (ICPs) from Colorado hospitals 
      participated in an online survey on training, personnel, and experience; ICP time 
      allocation; and types of surveillance. Responses were evaluated and compared 
      based on hospital status (rural or urban). Additionally, rural ICPs participated 
      in an interview about resources and training. RESULTS: Surveys were received from 
      62 hospitals (77.5% response); 33 rural (75.0% response) and 29 urban (80.6% 
      response). Fifty-two percent of rural ICPs reported multiple job responsibilities 
      compared with 17.2% of urban ICPs. Median length of experience for rural ICPs was 
      4.0 years compared with 11.5 years for urban ICPs (P = .008). Fifty-one percent 
      of rural ICPs reported no access to infectious disease physicians (0.0% urban) 
      and 81.8% of rural hospitals reported no antimicrobial stewardship programs 
      (31.0% urban). Through the interviews it was revealed that priorities for rural 
      ICPs were training and communication. CONCLUSIONS: Our study revealed numerous 
      differences between infection prevention programs in rural versus urban 
      hospitals. An infection prevention outreach program established in Colorado could 
      potentially address the challenges faced by rural hospital infection prevention 
      departments.
CI  - Copyright (c) 2014 Association for Professionals in Infection Control and 
      Epidemiology, Inc. Published by Mosby, Inc. All rights reserved.
FAU - Reese, Sara M
AU  - Reese SM
AD  - Department of Patient Safety and Quality, Denver Health Medical Center, Denver, 
      CO. Electronic address: sara.reese@dhha.org.
FAU - Gilmartin, Heather
AU  - Gilmartin H
AD  - College of Nursing, University of Colorado-Anschutz Campus, Aurora, CO.
FAU - Rich, Karen L
AU  - Rich KL
AD  - Health and Safety Data Services Program, Colorado Department of Public Health and 
      Environment, Denver, CO.
FAU - Price, Connie S
AU  - Price CS
AD  - Division of Infectious Diseases, Denver Health Medical Center, Denver, CO.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - United States
TA  - Am J Infect Control
JT  - American journal of infection control
JID - 8004854
RN  - 0 (Anti-Bacterial Agents)
SB  - IM
MH  - Anti-Bacterial Agents/therapeutic use
MH  - Colorado
MH  - Communication
MH  - Cross Infection/prevention & control
MH  - Hospitals, Rural/*organization & administration/standards
MH  - Hospitals, Urban/*organization & administration/standards
MH  - Humans
MH  - Infection Control/*organization & administration/*standards
MH  - Infection Control Practitioners/education/organization & administration
MH  - Infectious Disease Medicine
MH  - Information Dissemination
MH  - Interviews as Topic
MH  - Needs Assessment
MH  - *Population Surveillance
MH  - Professional Competence
MH  - Surveys and Questionnaires
MH  - Workforce
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Health care associated infections
OT  - Surveillance
OT  - Survey
EDAT- 2014/05/20 06:00
MHDA- 2015/01/28 06:00
CRDT- 2014/05/20 06:00
PHST- 2014/01/24 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2014/03/03 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2014/03/03 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2014/05/20 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2014/05/20 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2015/01/28 06:00 [medline]
AID - S0196-6553(14)00177-1 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/j.ajic.2014.03.004 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Am J Infect Control. 2014 Jun;42(6):597-601. doi: 10.1016/j.ajic.2014.03.004.