The responses to a comprehensive survey of infection control practices for respiratory therapy equipment, previously published in the Readers' Forum section of Infection Control , are summarized in Tables 1 through 3. Responses were obtained from 205 United States hospitals; 65% were community hospitals and 38% had <500 ventilator days/year. In some cases, the total number of responses exceeded 100% because of practices that required multiple responses.
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