Table 3 Cleaning of CF ambulatory clinics and inpatient rooms
From: Current infection control practices used in Australian and New Zealand cystic fibrosis centers
|  | All CF centers (n = 60) | Pediatric-treating services (n = 38) | Adult-treating services (n = 22) | p-value | ≤200 patients (n = 52) | > 200 patients (n = 8) | p-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Frequency of room cleaning: | Â | Â | Â | 0.24 | Â | Â | 1.00 |
 Daily, n (%) | 37/47 (79%) | 25/29 (86%) | 12/18 (67%) |  | 32/42 (76%) | 5/5 (100%) |  |
 Not daily, n (%) | 6/47 (13%) | 2/29 (7%) | 4/18 (22%) |  | 6/42 (14%) | 0/5 (0%) |  |
 Don’t know, n (%) | 4/47 (9%) | 2/29 (7%) | 2/18 (11%) |  | 4/42 (10%) | 0/5 (0%) |  |
Cleaning of ambulatory rooms | |||||||
 Between patients: |  |  |  | 0.61 |  |  | 0.23 |
  CF MDT, n (%) | 18/49 (37%) | 10/31 (32%) | 8/18 (44%) |  | 15/41 (37%) | 3/8 (38%) |  |
  Clinic nursing staff, n (%) | 20/49 (41%) | 12/31 (39%) | 8/18 (44%) |  | 17/41 (41%) | 3/8 (38%) |  |
  Cleaning staff, n (%) | 4/49 (8%) | 3/31 (10%) | 1/18 (6%) |  | 2/41 (5%) | 2/8 (25%) |  |
  Other staff~, n (%) | 7/49 (14%) | 6/31 (19%) | 1/18 (6%) |  | 7/41 (17%) | 0/8 (0%) |  |
 At end of clinic session: |  |  |  | 0.47 |  |  | 0.41 |
  CF MDT, n (%) | 6/51 (12%) | 3/33 (9%) | 3/18 (17%) |  | 4/43 (9%) | 2/8 (25%) |  |
  Clinic nursing staff, n (%) | 10/51 (20%) | 7/33 (21%) | 3/18 (17%) |  | 9/43 (21%) | 1/8 (13%) |  |
  Cleaning staff, n (%) | 31/51 (61%) | 19/33 (58%) | 12/18 (67%) |  | 27/43 (63%) | 4/8 (50%) |  |
  Other staff~, n (%) | 4/51 (8%) | 4/33 (12%) | 0/18 (0%) |  | 3/43 (7%) | 1/8 (13%) |  |