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Table 1 Participants’ professional profile and working setting (304 participants)

From: It is time to define an organizational model for the prevention and management of infections along the surgical pathway: a worldwide cross-sectional survey

Characteristics

N (%)

WHO Region classification

 European Region

198 (65.1)

 Region of the Americas

29 (9.5)

 South-East Asia Region

25 (8.2)

 Easter Mediterranean Region

23 (7.6)

 Africa Region

20 (6.6)

 Western Pacific Region

9 (3.0)

Profession

 Surgeon

216 (71.1)

 Infection diseases specialist

29 (9.5)

 Infection control specialist

16 (5.3)

 Intensivist or anaesthesiologist

14 (4.6)

 Microbiologist

11 (3.6)

 Epidemiologist or PH specialist

9 (3.0)

 Other profession

9 (3.0)

Years of experience

 Less than 5 years

56 (18.4)

 5–10 years

62 (20.4)

 11–15 years

54 (17.8)

16–20 years

38 (12.5)

 More than 20 years

94 (30.9)

Type of hospital

 University hospital

190 (62.5)

 Community teaching hospital

62 (20.4)

 Community hospital

43 (14.1)

 Other

9 (3.0)

Hospital setting

 Urban

272 (89.5)

 Suburban

25 (8.2)

 Rural

7 (2.3)

Hospital inpatient beds

 ≤ 100

10 (3.3)

 101–500

109 (35.9)

 501–1000

106 (34.9)

 ≥ 1000

79 (26.0)

  1. WHO World Health Organization, PH public health