Preventive measure | Number (%) of respondents with self-reported responsibility for the measure | Mean compliance rate | SD |
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Wearing surgical cap | 49 (94.2%) | 100% | 0.1 |
Use of double gloving | 35 (67.3%) | 100% | 0.0 |
Preparing of sterile instruments within the operating theatre | 19 (36.5%) | 99.5% | 2.3 |
Sterile handing over of instruments in the operating theatre | 33 (63.5%) | 98.9% | 2.7 |
Wearing surgical mask | 49 (94.2%) | 98.3% | 7.7 |
Covering prepared sterile instruments within the operating theatre | 17 (32.7%) | 97.1% | 6.6 |
Using remnant antiseptic | 38 (73.1%) | 96.9% | 6.4 |
Hygienic hand disinfection after exposure to potentially infectious material | 52 (100%) | 96.5% | 6.6 |
Preparing of sterile instruments outside the operating theatre | 27 (51.9%) | 96.3% | 8.3 |
Perioperative antibiotic prophylaxis | 39 (75.0%) | 95.9% | 10.0 |
Surgical hand disinfection—technique | 45 (86.5%) | 95.0% | 12.5 |
Examination of the indication of existing surgical drains | 34 (65.4%) | 93.4% | 14.9 |
Use of iodine-impregnated incision drape | 29 (55.8%) | 93.1% | 15.1 |
Surgical hand disinfection—exposure time | 44 (84.6%) | 93.0% | 13.7 |
Perioperative temperature measurement | 22 (42.3%) | 91.6% | 17.8 |
Hygienic hand disinfection before aseptic procedures | 52 (100%) | 91.3% | 13.9 |
Hygienic hand disinfection after touching a patient | 52 (100%) | 87.4% | 14.6 |
Aseptic dressing change | 40 (76.9%) | 86.1% | 24.1 |
Perioperative blood glucose control | 23 (44.2%) | 83.5% | 27.4 |
Perioperative pre-warming | 22 (42.3%) | 81.8% | 27.2 |
Septic dressing change | 35 (67.3%) | 81.5% | 29.3 |
Covering prepared sterile instruments outside the operating theatre | 16 (30.8%) | 80.6% | 35.8 |
Hair removal—clipping | 15 (28.8%) | 79.3% | 26.3 |
Hygienic hand disinfection before touching a patient | 52 (100%) | 78.7% | 21.5 |
Hygienic hand disinfection after touching patients surroundings | 52 (100%) | 72.0% | 24.0 |
Removing white coat before touching a patienta | 43 (82.7%) | 53.8% | 34.5 |
Mean overall compliance rate (index) | 52 | 88.9% | 7.9 |