Table 2 Hand hygiene compliance comparing the first quarter to subsequent quarters two hospitals implementing a HH project in Kenya, 2018–2019
Characteristic | Baseline (Qr 0) n = 855 | Post intervention (Qr 1–6) n = 12068 | % Change | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Overall compliance | 229/855 | 27% | 5329/12068 | 44% | 17% |
Indication | |||||
After patient contact | 83/230 | 36% | 2748/4225 | 65% | 29% |
Before patient contact | 50/268 | 19% | 854/3382 | 25% | 7% |
After touching the patient surrounding | 56/164 | 34% | 897/2167 | 41% | 7% |
Before aseptic procedure | 16/114 | 14% | 296/1563 | 19% | 5% |
After body fluid exposure | 24/79 | 30% | 534/731 | 73% | 43% |
Department | |||||
Internal medicine | 43/233 | 19% | 1258/3192 | 39% | 21% |
Surgery | 18/158 | 11% | 886/2376 | 37% | 26% |
Obstetrics and gynaecology | 68/228 | 30% | 1123/2562 | 44% | 14% |
Ambulatory | 31/79 | 39% | 723/1486 | 49% | 10% |
ER, OPD | 34/87 | 39% | 592/1330 | 45% | 5% |
ICU, hemodialysis unit | 35/70 | 50% | 747/1122 | 67% | 17% |
Professional category | |||||
Nurse/midwife | 104/390 | 27% | 2004/3837 | 52% | 26% |
Medical doctor | 56/245 | 23% | 1242/3250 | 38% | 15% |
Student | 39/102 | 38% | 1414/3457 | 41% | 3% |
Other healthcare worker | 19/79 | 24% | 285/591 | 48% | 24% |
Auxiliary | 11/39 | 28% | 384/933 | 41% | 13% |
Site | |||||
Kitale | 57/348 | 16% | 2038/5146 | 40% | 23% |
Thika | 172/507 | 34% | 3291/6922 | 48% | 14% |