Assessment of hand hygiene facilities and staff compliance in a large tertiary health care facility in northern Nigeria: a cross sectional study

Table 2 Factors associated with good compliance with hand hygiene in Jos, 600 bed-tertiary care hospital, Northern Nigeria

Variables	Univariate OR (95% CI)	P value	Multivariate AOR (95% Cl)	P value
Week days (Yes/No)	2.66 (1.18–6.36)	0.017	1.70 (0.68–4.23)	0.26
Non ICU (vs ICU)	0.69 (0.24–1.86)	0.45	NA	NA
Physicians^a	0.92 (0.39–2.12)	0.84	NA	NA
Pharmacists^a	0.49 (0.15–1.40)	0.18	0.61 (0.18–2.04)	0.42
Nurses^a	1.31 (0.65–2.65)	0.45	NA	NA
Medical students^a	18.90 (3.16–417.12)	0.0002	13.87 (1.70–112.88)	0.01
Nursing students^a	2.81 (1.07–7.91)	0.03	2.27 (0.80–6.40)	0.12
Attendants^a	0.31 (0.15–0.63)	0.0001	0.42 (0.19–0.93)	0.031

Good compliance with hand hygiene was defined as compliance greater than 50%
NA Not applicable (Only variables with p values < 0.25 on univariate were put into multivariate regression model), OR odds ratio, AOR adjusted odds ratio
^aCompared to other healthcare workers’ categories

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