Table 1 Mean hand hygiene and optimal hand hygiene compliance in terms of job category and year quarter
From: Appropriate number of observations for determining hand hygiene compliance among healthcare workers
Number of observations | Healthcare workers | Mean, median (IQR) HH compliance | p valuea | Mean, median (IQR) optimal HH compliance | p value† | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total | 8791 | 1137 | 80.3, 100 (66.7–100) | 59.7, 75 (0–100) | ||
Job category | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | ||||
Nurse | 4090 | 574 | 90.9, 100 (100–100) | 78.6, 100 (62.5–100) | ||
Doctor | 2843 | 321 | 62.2, 71.4 (33.3–100) | 27.6, 0 (0–50) | ||
Other | 1858 | 242 | 80.8, 100 (66.7–100) | 60.2, 75 (0–100) | ||
Quarter | 0.011 | < 0.001 | ||||
First | 2586 | 615 | 80.0, 100 (66.7–100) | 59.6, 72.7 (0–100) | ||
Second | 1805 | 598 | 78.9, 100 (60–100) | 59.8, 80 (0–100) | ||
Third | 2352 | 673 | 78.8, 100 (66.7–100) | 59.1, 75 (0–100) | ||
Fourth | 2048 | 621 | 83.7, 100 (80–100) | 60.6, 80 (0–100) |