Status of healthcare-associated infection management departments in 90 medical institutions in Tianjin City / 中国感染控制杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To investigate the establishment and staffing status of healthcare-associated infection(HAI) management departments in secondary and tertiary medical institutions in Tianjin City. Methods Questionnaires were designed by staff in HAI Quality Control Center of Tianjin City,then distributed to all medical institutions to fill out,content of survey included establishment of HAI management departments,No.of HAI management staff,full-time and part-time HAI management personnel,education level,professional qualifications,age,length of en-gaging in HAI management,participation in training and exchange and so on.Results A total of 90 hospitals were surveyed,of 81 hospitals with>100 beds,61(75.31%)set up independent HAI management departments;staff-ing of 68(75.56%)hospitals were qualified;among 221 HAI management personnel,52.49% received undergradu-ate education,57.92% were nursing staff,41.63% were aged 40-50 years old,71.04% engaged in HAI manage-ment work for 1-10 years,131(59.28%)and 207(93.67%)personnel participated in national-level training or Tianjin municipal-level training on HAI in the last 3 years. Conclusion The establishment and staffing of HAI management departments in this city should be further standardized,composition of HAI management personnel needs to be further optimized,management teams should be young and stable,training and education should be reg-ular.