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Table 4 Surgical infection prevention information

From: Cluster identification, selection, and description in cluster randomized crossover trials: the PREP-IT trials

Characteristic

Aqueous-PREP, N = 14*

PREPARE, N = 20

Number of infection preventionists per 250 hospital beds, median (IQR)

2.2 (1.7)

2.6 (1.9)

Infection preventionists certified in infection control, median (IQR)

3 (2.8)

4 (3)

Perform active surveillance cultures for MRSA in open fracture patients, n (%)

9 (64)

4 (20)

Perform active surveillance cultures for VRE in open fracture patients, n (%)

0 (0)

4 (20)

Perform active surveillance cultures for other organisms in patients with open fractures, n (%)

2 (14)

3 (15)

Perform active surveillance cultures for MRSA in closed fracture patients, n (%)

3 (15)

Perform active surveillance cultures for VRE in closed fracture patients, n (%)

3 (15)

Perform active surveillance cultures for other organisms in patients with closed fractures, n (%)

1 (5)

Decolonization protocol for MRSA, n (%)

9 (64)

12 (60)

Policies and/or guidelines on maintaining normothermia during perioperative period, n (%)

14 (100)

16 (80)

Airflow system(s) in operating room, n (%)**

 None

0 (0)

1 (5)

 Vertical laminar flow

9 (64)

14 (70)

 Conventional ventilation

6 (43)

7 (35)

 Other

0 (0)

 

Parameters in place in hospital operating rooms, n (%)**

 High-efficiency particulate air (HEPA) filters

12 (86)

15 (75)

 Operating rooms are positive pressure

14 (100)

16 (80)

 Air changes per hour

13 (93)

17 (85)

 Temperature maintained between 20 and 24 °C and humidity between 20 and 60%

13 (93)

18 (90)

  1. *The cluster that was withdrawn is not included
  2. **Percentages do not sum to 100 as categories are not mutually exclusive