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Table 2 Coverage area according to hand rubbing techniques

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

  

Palm

Dorsum

WHO6S

A6Sw/oI

p value

WHO6S

A6Sw/oI

p value

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

All participants

Both

97.9

1.4

98.1

1.7

0.144

90.6

6.9

88.4

8.3

0.004

n = 427

Left

97.8

1.5

97.9

2.6

0.845

89.7

7.7

88.0

9.1

0.032

 

Right

97.5

2.0

97.9

1.5

0.031

90.9

7.0

88.4

8.8

< 0.001

Small

Both

98.1

1.5

98.4

0.9

0.226

93.6

4.2

91.3

5.8

0.005

n = 155

Left

98.2

1.0

98.2

1.1

0.948

93.1

5.0

91.1

6.4

0.042

 

Right

97.7

2.7

98.1

1.0

0.201

93.7

4.4

90.9

6.2

0.002

Medium

Both

97.9

1.2

98.2

2.0

0.296

90.8

6.0

89.1

6.7

0.085

n = 166

Left

97.9

1.3

97.7

3.7

0.707

89.9

6.7

88.5

7.8

0.229

 

Right

97.6

1.5

98.3

0.9

< 0.001

91.2

6.2

89.2

7.2

0.046

Large

Both

97.4

1.5

97.6

2.0

0.544

85.2

8.5

83.6

11.0

0.415

n = 106

Left

97.2

2.1

97.7

1.9

0.186

84.1

9.4

83.0

11.5

0.594

 

Right

97.3

1.5

97.1

2.3

0.725

85.9

8.9

83.8

11.7

0.320

  1. P-values of bold shows < 0.05
  2. SD standard deviation, p value: Student t-test or Welch's t-test