Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control

Table 1 Characteristics of the study participants

From: Comparison of two alcohol hand rubbing techniques regarding hand surface coverage among hospital workers: a quasi-randomized controlled trial

	WHO6S		A6Sw/oI
	n	%	n	%
Total	215	100.0	212	100.0
Sex
Females	162	75.3	165	77.8
Males	53	24.7	47	22.2
Professions
Physicians	17	7.9	11	5.2
Nursing staff	131	60.9	133	62.7
Rehabilitation therapists	9	4.2	12	5.7
Recreational staff	14	6.5	12	5.7
Other co-medical staff	24	11.2	25	11.8
Back office workers	20	9.3	19	9.0
Glove size^a
Small	83	38.6	82	38.7
Medium	104	48.4	104	49.1
Large	28	13.0	26	12.3
Hand surface area group^b
Small	81	37.7	74	34.9
Medium	84	39.1	82	38.7
Large	50	23.3	56	26.4

	Mean	SD	Mean	SD
Hand surface area (cm²)
	397.3	51.4	397.9	45.6

WHO6S World Health Organization (WHO) 6-Step, A6Sw/oI Adapted 6-Step without Interlock, SD standard deviation
^aGlove size used in daily work
^bClassification of hand surface area by Pires et al. [10]: small ≤ 375, medium 376–424, large ≥ 425 (cm²)

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