Steady improvement of infection control services in six community hospitals in Makkah following annual audits during Hajj for four consecutive years

Table 1 Results of the infection control audits for Ajiad Hospital for four consecutive years

Year	2003	2004	2005	2006
Total number of beds	140	140	140	140
Number of critical care beds	18	18	18	18
Infection control committee in place	No	No	Yes	Yes
Infection control committee constituted of representative members	NA	NA	Yes	Yes
Regular infection control committee meetings	NA	NA	Yes	Yes
Adequate infection control committee minutes	NA	NA	Yes	Yes
Infection control unit	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Number of infection control team staff	2	4	5	5
Nurses	1	2	2	2
Environmental inspectors	1	1	1	1
Doctors	0	1	1	1
Microbiologists	0	0	1	1
Educational activities	No	No	Yes	Yes
Surveillance system	No	No	Yes	Yes
Area audited	Percent scores
Handwashing	16	61	59	77
Environmental cleaning	50	56	62	58
Waste disposal	0	50	82	82
Handling of clean linen	0	60	60	70
Handling of soiled linen	0	50	70	60
Standard and transmission based precautions	29	36	50	56
Single use policy	33	33	67	50
Urinary catheter care	40	40	60	80
Sterile wound dressing	64	64	73	69
Food hygiene	54	69	69	83
Pests and animal control in clinical areas	67	67	67	67
Average total percent score	32	53	65	68

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