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Table 2 Overall hygienic hand disinfection compliance by occupational group and medical specialty: results of three logistic regressions (total, physicians, nurses)

From: Compliance with hand disinfection in the surgical area of an orthopedic university clinic: results of an observational study

Variables

Total

Physicians

Nurses

N (opportunities)

Wald

p

      

Interaction occupational group × medical specialty

1145

18.6

p < 0.001

      
 

N (opportunities)

OR (crude)

95% CI (crude)

N

OR (crude)

95% CI (crude)

N

OR (crude)

95% CI (crude)

Occupational group

         

 Physicians

558

Ref

       

 Nurses

587

1.7 (1.2)

1.2–2.4 (0.9–1.5)

      

Medical specialty

         

 Surgery

342

Ref

 

184

Ref

 

158

Ref

 

 Anesthesia

803

2.0 (2.2)

1.5–2.7 (1.6–2.8)

374

4.8 (3.8)

3.0–7.6 (2.5–5.7)

429

1.3 (1.3)

0.7–2.3 (0.9–1.9)

Sex

         

 Men

601

Ref

 

426

Ref

 

175

Ref

 

 Women

544

0.9 (1.2)

0.7–1.2 (1.0–1.5)

132

1.0 (1.7)

0.6–1.5 (1.2–2.5)

412

0.8 (0.8)

0.5–1.2 (0.6–1.2)

Location

         

 Inside operation theatre

463

Ref

 

230

Ref

 

233

Ref

 

 Outside operation theatre

682

1.2 (1.2)

0.9–1.7 (0.9–1.5)

328

1.7 (1.2)

1.1–2.4 (0.8–1.7)

354

0.9 (1.1)

0.5–1.4 (0.8–1.6)

Operation theatres

         

 Adults

867

Ref

 

424

Ref

 

443

Ref

 

Pediatric

278

1.9 (1.8)

1.4–2.6 (1.4–2.3)

134

3.0 (2.4)

1.9–4.7 (1.6–3.5)

144

1.4 (1.4)

1.0–2.1 (0.9–2.0)

  1. Significant results (p < 0.05) are displayed in bold
  2. OR odds ratio, 95% CI 95% confidence interval, Ref. reference