Aspects Assessed | Ugu District (N = 25) | Uthungulu District (N = 27) | Overall | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | n | % | n | % | Total | % |
Existence of an infection prevention and control committee | 17 | 70.8 | 22 | 81.5* | 39 | 76.5 |
Evidence of committee members having met | 17 | 68.0 | 19 | 70.4 | 36 | 69.2 |
Existence of a written infection control plan | 12 | 48.0 | 23 | 85.2** | 35 | 67.3 |
Evidence of training conducted in infection control in the last 6Â months | 16 | 69.6* | 15 | 55.6 | 31 | 62.0 |
Existence of a TB infection control committee or sub-committee | 13 | 54.2* | 11 | 40.7 | 24 | 47.1 |
Nurses represented in the committee | 14 | 56.0* | 13 | 48.1 | 27 | 51.9 |
Existence of a designated person responsible for TB control | 12 | 52.2 | 17 | 68.0* | 29 | 59.6 |
Existence of a Written TB control plan | 3 | 12.0 | 9 | 33.3* | 12 | 23.1 |
Evidence that the TB control plan had been reviewed | 5 | 20.0 | 7 | 25.9* | 12 | 23.1 |
Existence of a register for TB suspects at the facility | 25 | 100.0 | 26 | 96.3 | 51 | 98.1 |