Table 1 Comparison of characteristics of ASP between small/middle-sized hospitals and large hospitals
Total n = 39 | Small/middle hospitals (≤ 500 beds) n = 21 | Large hospitals (≥ 501 beds) n = 18 | OR | 95% CI | p value | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number of beds | |||||||||
100 ≤ beds | 0 | (0.0) | 0 | (0.0) | 0 | (0.0) | |||
101 to 200 beds | 3 | (7.7) | 3 | (14.3) | 0 | (0.0) | |||
201 to 500 beds | 18 | (46.2) | 18 | (85.7) | 0 | (0.0) | |||
≧ 501 beds | 18 | (46.2) | 0 | (0.0) | 18 | (100.0) | |||
Department | |||||||||
AST | 27 | (67.5) | 15 | (71.4) | 12 | (66.7) | 1.25 | 0.32–4.88 | 1.00 |
ICT | 23 | (57.5) | 13 | (61.9) | 10 | (55.6) | 1.3 | 0.36–4.68 | 0.75 |
Department of infectious disease | 11 | (27.5) | 2 | (9.5) | 9 | (50.0) | 0.11 | 0.019–0.59 | 0.011 |
Microbiology laboratory | |||||||||
In house | 29 | (74.4) | 13 | (61.9) | 16 | (88.9) | 0.2 | 0.037–1.13 | 0.07 |
Partially in house | 10 | (25.6) | 8 | (38.1) | 2 | (11.1) | 4.92 | 0.88–27.32 | 0.07 |
Number of staffs in AST | |||||||||
Medical doctors | 2 | (1–3) | 2 | (1–3) | 2 | (1–5) | 0.39 | ||
Infectious disease specialists | 1 | (0–1) | 0 | (0–1) | 1 | (0.8–2) | 0.035 | ||
Nurses | 1 | (1, 2) | 1 | (1, 2) | 1 | (1, 2) | 0.55 | ||
Infection control nurses | 1 | (1) | 1 | (1) | 1 | (1, 2) | 0.25 | ||
Pharmacists | 2 | (1, 2) | 2 | (1–3) | 2 | (1, 2) | 0.77 | ||
Infectious disease chemotherapy pharmacists | 0 | (0–1) | 0 | (0–1) | 0.5 | (0–1) | 0.53 | ||
Clinical microbiologists | 1 | (1, 2) | 1 | (1, 2) | 1 | (1, 2) | 0.69 | ||
Officers | 0 | (0–1) | 0 | (0–1) | 0 | (0–1) | 0.81 | ||