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AMERICAN JOURNAL OF INFECTION CONTROL
Volume 33, Issue 8, Pages 480-482Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2005.05.020
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Increasingly states are considering mandating the reporting of nosocomial infection data. To determine the impact of potential legislation, a questionnaire was mailed to the infection control department of each hospital in Virginia to assess the size of the infection control workforce and methodologies used for nosocomial infection surveillance. Most hospitals (64%) had 1 ICP full-time equivalent (FTE), and, at 86% of hospitals, the ICPs had other major responsibilities. The estimated mean additional ICP FTE required to perform hospital-wide surveillance was 1.7. Statewide, an additional 160 ICPs at an estimated annual cost of $11.5 million would be required if reporting of all nosocomial infections were mandated.
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