Challenges of and corrective recommendations for healthcare-associated infection’s case findings and reporting from local to national level in Iran: a qualitative study

Table 1 Individual characteristics of participants in the study of INIS reporting challenges and corrective recommendations

Row	Organization level	Job position	Job experience
1	MoH-Food and Drug Organization	High level manager	5
2	MoH-Health Deputy	Technical officer in HAIs prevention and control	13
3	MoH-Deputy of Curative Affaires	Technical officer in charge of patient safety	23
4	MOH	Senior Assessor of the Ministry of health	10
5	MoH, Medical University, hospital	Member of infection control committee (the National, university, and hospital)	21
6	Medical University	Technical officer in deputy of medical affaires	2
7	Medical University	Insurance, Tariff & Standard Coordinator Expert	8
8	Hospitals	Head of infectious diseases ward	7
9	Hospitals	Head of infectious diseases ward	5
10	Hospitals	Infection control nurse	3
11	Hospitals	Infection control nurse	3
12	Hospitals	Infection control nurse	10
13	Hospitals	Infection control nurse	1
14	Hospitals	Infection control nurse	10
15	Hospitals	Infection control nurse	6
16	Hospitals	Infection control nurse	4

ISSN: 1472-6955