Role of quality control circle in sustained improvement of hand hygiene compliance: an observational study in a stomatology hospital in Shandong, China

Table 1 Descriptive analysis of hand hygiene opportunities and actions among different parameters

Parameter	Opportunity	Action	Compliance	χ ²	P
Total	6681	5869	87.8%
Professional category
Dentists	3046	2659	87.3%	51.927	<0.001
Nurses	3635	3210	88.3%	51.927	<0.001
Gender
Male	1309	1121	85.6%	2470.883	<0.001
Female	5372	4748	88.4%	2470.883	<0.001
Hand hygiene indications^a
1. Before patient contact	1410	1079	76.5%	468.466	<0.005
2. Before an aseptic task	991	946	95.5%	24.058	<0.005
3. After body fluid exposure risk	873	833	95.4%	26.836	<0.005
4. After patient contact	1218	1019	83.7%	169.959	<0.005
5. After contact with patient surroundings	752	720	95.7%	3.361	>0.05
6. After removing gloves	1437	1272	88.5%	67.367	<0.005

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