Survey of environmental sampling practices.

Survey of environmental sampling practices in healthcare facilities.

This is a survey about environmental sampling in healthcare facilities. The questions asked cover your role in the hospital and in sampling, how samples are taken and processed and what happens to the results.

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* 1. Where do you work?

Acute care hospital

Specialised hospital

Nursing home

Long stay care home

Health centre

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* 2. In what country are you based? (If non-European please select 'other')

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* 3. Name of hospital

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* 4. What is your current role?

Clinical Microbiologist

Infection control practitioner

Medical laboratory scientist

Scientist (other)

Other

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* 5. With regard to environmental sampling, what is your role? (tick all which apply)

Sample collection

Sample processing

Interpretation of results

Dissemination of the results

Making decisions about policy and process

Other (please specify)

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* 6. What is your level of understanding of these within your own institution?

	Poor	Fair	Good	Very Good	Excellent
How samples are collected	How samples are collected Poor	How samples are collected Fair	How samples are collected Good	How samples are collected Very Good	How samples are collected Excellent
How samples are processed	How samples are processed Poor	How samples are processed Fair	How samples are processed Good	How samples are processed Very Good	How samples are processed Excellent
How the results are interpreted	How the results are interpreted Poor	How the results are interpreted Fair	How the results are interpreted Good	How the results are interpreted Very Good	How the results are interpreted Excellent
How the results are disseminated	How the results are disseminated Poor	How the results are disseminated Fair	How the results are disseminated Good	How the results are disseminated Very Good	How the results are disseminated Excellent
How the results inform infection prevention and control	How the results inform infection prevention and control Poor	How the results inform infection prevention and control Fair	How the results inform infection prevention and control Good	How the results inform infection prevention and control Very Good	How the results inform infection prevention and control Excellent

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* 7. Is there collaboration between clinical microbiologists, infection control team (ICT) and laboratory?

Yes, between all three

Yes, only between microbiologist and ICT

Yes, only between microbiologists and laboratory

Yes, only between ICT and the laboratory

I don't know