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

Table 4 Results of the infection control audits for King Faisal Hospital for four consecutive years

Year	2003	2004	2005	2006
Total number of beds	207	207	207	207
Number of critical care beds	22	22	22	22
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	2	2	3	3
Nurses	2	2	2	2
Environmental inspectors	0	0	0	0
Doctors	0	0	1	1
Microbiologists	0	0	0	0
Educational activities	No	No	Yes	Yes
Surveillance system	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Area audited	Percent scores
Handwashing	30	57	76	95
Environmental cleaning	69	77	82	93
Waste disposal	36	50	91	96
Handling of clean linen	40	60	80	100
Handling of soiled linen	30	60	70	89
Standard and transmission based precautions	29	57	88	78
Single use policy	33	33	67	83
Urinary catheter care	80	80	80	100
Sterile wound dressing	44	67	78	100
Food hygiene	8	62	85	100
Pests and animal control in clinical areas	67	83	100	67
Average total percent score	42	62	82	91