Kitale n (%) (N = 5494) | Thika n (%) (N = 7429) | Total n (%) (N = 12,923) | |
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1. Indication | |||
After patient contact | 1312 (23.9) | 3143 (42.3) | 4455 (34.5) |
Before patient contact | 1432 (26.1) | 2218 (29.9) | 3650 (28.2) |
After touching the patient surrounding | 1339 (24.4) | 992 (13.4) | 2331 (18.0) |
Before aseptic procedure | 794 (14.5) | 883 (11.9) | 1677 (13.0) |
After body fluid exposure | 617 (11.2) | 193 (2.6) | 810 (6.3) |
2. Department | |||
Internal medicinea | 1806 (32.9) | 1619 (21.8) | 3425 (26.5) |
Surgeryb | 1439 (26.2) | 1095 (14.7) | 2534 (19.6) |
Obstetrics and gynecologyc | 1219 (22.2) | 1571 (21.1) | 2790 (21.6) |
Ambulatoryd | 345 (6.3) | 1220 (16.4) | 1565 (12.1) |
ER, OPD | 407 (7.4) | 1010 (13.6) | 1417 (11.0) |
ICU, hemodialysis unit | 278 (5.1) | 914 (12.3) | 1192 (9.2) |
3. Professional category | |||
Nurse/midwife | 1976 (36.0) | 2251 (30.3) | 4227 (32.7) |
Medical doctore | 1807 (32.9) | 1688 (22.7) | 3495 (27.0) |
Studentf | 1300 (23.7) | 2259 (30.4) | 3559 (27.5) |
Other health care workerg | 163 (3.0) | 507 (6.8) | 670 (5.2) |
Auxiliaryh | 248 (4.5) | 724 (9.7) | 972 (7.5) |
4. Time in quarters (Qr) | |||
Qr 0 (April–June 2018) | 348 (6.3) | 507 (6.8) | 855 (6.6) |
Qr 1(July–September 2018) | 461 (8.4) | 1166 (15.7) | 1627 (12.6) |
Qr 2 (October–December 2018) | 1234 (22.5) | 1267 (17.1) | 2501 (19.4) |
Qr 3 (January–March 2019) | 226 (4.1) | 771 (10.4) | 997 (7.7) |
Qr 4 (April–June 2019) | 1062 (19.3) | 1189 (16.0) | 2251 (17.4) |
Qr 5 (July–September 2019) | 1125 (20.5) | 1279 (17.2) | 2404 (18.6) |
Qr 6 (October–December 2019) | 1038 (18.9) | 1250 (16.8) | 2288 (17.7) |