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Objective To understand the status of healthcare-associated infection(HAI)management in traditional Chinese medicine hospitals as well as integrated traditional Chinese and Western medicine hospitals in Fujian Pro-vince,analyze the existing problems and weak links,and put forward corresponding improvement measures.Methods A questionnaire was designed through literature and expert consultation,from March to April 2016,42 secondary and above traditional Chinese medicine hospitals as well as integrated traditional Chinese and Western medicine hos-pitals in 8 cities of Fujian Province were conducted on-site investigation,data were analyzed.Results A total of 42 hospitals participated in the investigation,92.86% were traditional Chinese medicine hospitals,7.14% were inte-grated traditional Chinese and Western medicine hospitals;all hospitals set up HAI management committees and HAI management groups of clinical departments,there were 100 HAI management professionals(66 were full-time,34 were part-time),nursing staff accounted for 63.00%,junior college and undergraduate personnel accoun-ted for 84.00%,staff with intermediate and senior professional titles accounted for 79.00%.There were significant differences in academic disciplines and education levels among administrators in secondary and tertiary hospitals(P<0.05). All hospitals carried out HAI case surveillance,only 2.38% achieved HAI informational software monito-ring,83.33% carried out comprehensive and targeted monitoring,42.86%,71.43%,and 80.95% of hospitals car-ried out targeted monitoring on multidrug-resistant organisms,surgical site infection,and intensive care unit respec-tively.Conclusion The environment of majority of Chinese medicine hospitals in Fujian Province improved signifi-cantly,organizations of HAI management is rational,staffing and quality of HAI management personnel is imbal-anced,HAI monitoring is still at preliminary stage,lack information management,HAI management in key depart-ments is not optimistic.