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

Table 6 Results of the infection control audits for Heraa General Hospital for four consecutive years

Year	2003	2004	2005	2006
Total number of beds	261	261	261	261
Number of critical care beds	21	21	21	21
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	4	4
Nurses	2	2	2	2
Environmental inspectors	1	1	1	1
Doctors	0	0	0	0
Microbiologists	1	1	1	1
Educational activities	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Surveillance system	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Area audited	Percent scores
Handwashing	52	83	83	93
Environmental cleaning	94	94	83	84
Waste disposal	60	91	96	98
Handling of clean linen	75	75	100	100
Handling of soiled linen	90	90	90	90
Standard and transmission based precautions	42	86	91	89
Single use policy	33	67	100	100
Urinary catheter care	80	100	100	100
Sterile wound dressing	82	91	100	100
Food hygiene	50	83	92	96
Pests and animal control in clinical areas	83	100	67	75
Average total percent score	67	87	91	93

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