| Cleaning the patient-care environment. | Responses | ||||
| Always | Most of the time | Sometimes | Rarely | Never | |
| Regularly clean environment used by the patient. | 60 (21.1) | 68 (23.9) | 100 (35.1) | 41 (14.4) | 16 (5.6) |
| Use techniques to avoid aerosolization of dust. | 36 (12.6) | 55 (19.3) | 100 (35.1) | 72 (25.3) | 22 (7.4) |
| All horizontal surfaces in areas where care is being provided to a patient is cleaned every day and whenever visibly soiled. It is cleaned whenever a patient is discharged and before a new patient arrives. | 124 (43.5) | 85 (29.8) | 55 (19.3) | 13 (4.6) | 8 (2.8) |
| If the surface had direct contact with patients, such as an examination table or other equipment, the surface is cleaned and disinfected between different patients. | 29 (10.2) | 54 (18.9) | 62 (21.8) | 67 (23.5) | 73 (25.6) |
| Decontaminate all cloths/dresses used by patients and physicians by autoclave or washing with soap water. | 151 (53.0) | 86 (30.2) | 24 (8.4) | 11 (3.9) | 13 (4.6) |