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

Table 2 Results of the infection control audits for Alnoor Specialist Hospital for four consecutive years

Year	2003	2004	2005	2006
Total number of beds	650	557	557	557
Number of critical care beds	43	43	43	43
Infection control committee in place	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Infection control committee constituted of representative members	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Regular infection control committee meetings	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Adequate infection control committee minutes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Infection control unit	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Number of infection control team staff	4	4	7	7
Nurses	3	3	2	2
Environmental inspectors	0	0	3	3
Doctors	0	0	1	1
Microbiologists	1	1	1	1
Educational activities	No	No	Yes	Yes
Surveillance system	No	No	Yes	Yes
Area audited	Percent scores
Handwashing	61	61	79	91
Environmental cleaning	78	78	78	90
Waste disposal	62	73	86	95
Handling of clean linen	60	60	60	90
Handling of soiled linen	50	50	60	78
Standard and transmission based precautions	45	48	77	83
Single use policy	33	33	100	83
Urinary catheter care	80	80	80	80
Sterile wound dressing	64	73	82	92
Food hygiene	67	67	75	73
Pests and animal control in clinical areas	100	100	83	92
Average total percent score	64	66	78	86