Challenges with Surveillance of Healthcare-Associated Infections in Intensive Care Units in South Africa

Table 2

Summary of challenges in the implementation of the HAI surveillance system.

Inputs	Processes	Output
Insufficient human resources	Increased nursing workload	Poor quality surveillance data
Inadequate oversight	Deficiencies in training
Standard operating procedure not provided	Surveillance not linked to routine data collection
Inappropriately designed information technology	Lack of standardization on the diagnosis of HAIs