Table 4 Hand hygiene compliance rates by nurses and physicians observed for each of the 5 HH moments at baseline, post-intervention and at long-term evaluation
Moment, by healthcare worker | Compliance % (correct/total number) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Baseline | Post-intervention | Long-term evaluation | p (I-III)a | p (I-IV)a | p (III-IV)a | |
(Phase I) | (Phase III) | (Phase IV) | ||||
1. Before touching a patient | ||||||
Nurses | 21 (58/276) | 88 (115/131) | 31 (174/569) | < 0.001 | 0.0657 | < 0.001 |
Physicians | 13 (14/110) | 66 (57/87) | 18 (24/136) | < 0.001 | 0.7147 | < 0.001 |
2. Before a clean/aseptic procedure | ||||||
Nurses | 17 (33/194) | 75 (118/157) | 37 (80/215) | < 0.001 | 0.0032 | < 0.001 |
Physicians | 39 (7/18) | 50 (7/14) | 54 (14/26) | < 0.001 | 0.0775 | 0.0037 |
3. After body fluid exposure risk | ||||||
Nurses | 69 (64/93) | 91 (49/54) | 85 (204/239) | 0.0383 | 0.1032 | 0.5811 |
Physicians | 80 (12/15) | 80 (4/5) | 75 (21/28) | 0.8608 | 0.5276 | 0.8958 |
4. After touching a patient | ||||||
Nurses | 49 (257/529) | 93 (181/194) | 70 (390/560) | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | < 0.001 |
Physicians | 39 (63/163) | 72 (76/105) | 43 (61/143) | < 0.001 | 0.0345 | 0.0036 |
5. After touching patient’s surroundings | ||||||
Nurses | 15 (95/616) | 80 (370/463) | 15 (152/1043) | < 0.001 | 0.9007 | < 0.001 |
Physicians | 6 (18/304) | 54 (96/179) | 3 (18/521) | < 0.001 | 0.2311 | < 0.001 |