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Table 4 Hand Hygiene Compliance at Baseline and Follow-up, Faranah Regional Hospital, Guinea

From: Implementation of the WHO hand hygiene strategy in Faranah regional hospital, Guinea

Variable

Baseline

Follow-up

P**

No. of HH actions

No. (%) of HH opportunities

Compliance, % (95% CI)a

No. of HH actions

No. (%) of HH opportunities

Compliance, % (95% CI)a

Overall

91

384

23.7 (15.2–32.2)

398

557

71.5 (63.9–79.0)

< 0.001

Professional category

 Medical Doctors

76

147 (38.3)

51.7 (35.5–67.9)

203

237 (42.5)

85.7 (76.7–94.6)

< 0.001

 Nurse

8

151 (39.3)

5.3 (−1.9–12.5)

90

185 (33.2)

48.6 (34.2–63.1)

< 0.001

 Midwife

1

28 (7.3)

3.6 (−10.4–17.6)

0

14 (2.5)

0

0.610

 Technician

6

34 (8.9)

17.6 (−8.4–24.8)

49

56 (10.1)

87.5 (70.0–105.0)

< 0.001

 Other

0

24 (6.3)

0 (0)

56

65 (11.7)

86.2 (69.2–103.6)

< 0.001

Indication

 Before patient contact

42

120 (31.3)

35.0 (17.9–52.1)

109

133 (23.9)

82.0 (68.8–95.1)

< 0.001

 Before aseptic task

5

44 (11.5)

11.4 (−7.6–30.3)

36

40 (7.2)

90.0 (71.1–108.8)

< 0.001

 After body fluid exposure risk

7

21 (5.5)

33.3 (−8.0–74.7)

35

39 (7.0)

89.7 (70.5–109.0)

0.001

 After patient contact

35

102 (26.6)

34.3 (16.0–53.8)

109

127 (22.8)

85.8 (73.6–98.0)

< 0.001

 After contact with patient surroundings

2

97 (25.3)

2.1 (−3.6–7.7)

109

218 (39.1)

50.0 (36.7–63.3)

< 0.001

  1. awidth of CI adjusted for lack of independence by inflating standard error by a factor of 2
  2. ** determined by χ2 test with standard error corrected by factor 2 to adjust for lack of independence