ObjectiveTo understand status of healthcareassociated infection(HAI) management in private medical institutions in China.MethodsPrivate medical institutions in 29 provinces in China were performed questionnaire survey in 2016, HAI management status in private medical institutions in China was analyzed.ResultsA total of 247 private medical institutions filled out the questionnaire, data of 246 private medical institutions were obtained after data were screened and sorted. 22 (8.94%) private medical institutions were tertiary hospitals, 236 (95.93%) had authorized beds, 132 (53.66%) set up independent HAI management departments, 240(97.56%) carried out training about HAI; among 246 medical institutions, only 17(6.91%) carried out informational monitoring on HAI, 197 (80.08%) conducted monitoring manually, and 32 (13.01%) didn’t carry out HAI monitoring. 240 (97.56%) medical institutions carried out hand hygiene training, 152 (61.79%) carried out occupational exposure monitoring for needlestick injury, among 205 medical institutions that filled out the annual number of training on safe injection, 169 (82.44%) carried out safe injection training, all or part of the fabric in 69 (30.53%) medical institutions were washed by social washing services or other medical institutions. In 223 medical institutions that carried out medical fabric washing management (226 filled out this data), HAI management departments in 67 (30.04%) hospitals participated. 187 (76.02%) medical institutions understood the work of HAI quality control center.ConclusionHAI management systems and organizations have gradually improved in private medical institutions, but attention should be paid to the strengthening of training for basic knowledge about HAI prevention and control, level of hospital information monitoring, and standardized management of medical fabric washing and disinfection. The quality control system of HAI management should be strengthened for private medical institutions.