Investigation of title promotion of nosocomial inefction professionals in Hangzhou

OBJECTIVE To grasp the situation of title promotion of nosocomial infection(NI) professionals in Hangzhou.METHODS The questionnaire survey was conducted in all 2nd-grade or above hospitals in Hangzhou.RESULTS A total of 69 NI professionals and 125 hospital managers from 41 hospitals were investigated;most of professionals were primary and intermediate professional title,accounting for 81.1%,43.5% of the professionals believed that the difficulty of title promotion was one of the cause leading to the unstable team;79.2% of the hospital managers and 63.8% of the professionals had realized that the lack of professional title had become one of the major causes for title promotion.CONCLUSION Establishing a set of professional title promotion system for NI and heightening the overall quality of the professional personnel are key to keep the team of NI professionals stable.