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

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

Variables	Total			Physicians			Nurses
Variables	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)

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