Improvement of infection control services in Jeddah hospitals by program standardization and continuous auditing

Results The first compliance rate for the first visit in the first year was 42% which increased to 66% during the second visit and to 78% during the third visit. During the first audit there were deficiencies in: general measures in infection control (43%), surveillance (31%), monitoring of infection control guidelines (81%), isolation practice (64%), infection control committee performance (66%) and education (46%). These deficiencies improved during the second audit as follows: (37%), (24%), (39%), (21%), (49%) and (25%) respectfully. During the third audit, deficiencies were as follows: (32%), (22%), (22%), (14%), (34%) and (9%) respectfully.