(a) Self-reported compliance | (b) Directly observed compliance# | ||||||
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Physicians (N = 93) | Nurses (N = 225) | pµ | Physicians (N = 2421) | Nurses (N = 971) | pµ | ||
“before patient contact” | |||||||
(0–100) | N§,$ | 92 | 218 | 902 | 294 | ||
(a) Mean Rate (b) Rate | 81.0% | 82.4% | 0.522 | 56.9% | 65.0% | 0.014 | |
95%-CI | 77.0%|85.0% | 80.2%|84.6% | 53.6%|60.1% | 59.5%|70.5% | |||
“before an aseptic task” | |||||||
(0–100) | N§,$ | 90 | 206 | 246 | 155 | ||
(a) Mean Rate (b) Rate | 93.4% | 92.7% | 0.634 | 31.7% | 55.5% | < 0.001 | |
95%-CI | 90.7%|96.1% | 91.3%|94.2% | 25.9%|37.6% | 47.6%|63.4% | |||
“after body fluid exposure” | |||||||
(0–100) | N§,$ | 93 | 215 | 229 | 135 | ||
(a) Mean Rate (b) Rate | 98.0% | 96.4% | 0.028 | 52.0% | 63.0% | 0.041 | |
95%-CI | 97.1%|98.9% | 95.3%|97.5% | 45.4%|58.5% | 54.7%|71.2% | |||
“after patient contact” | |||||||
(0–100) | N§,$ | 93 | 218 | 722 | 256 | ||
(a) Mean Rate (b) Rate | 87.5% | 87.8% | 0.875 | 75.2% | 74.2% | 0.754 | |
95%-CI | 84.2%|90.7% | 85.8%|89.7% | 72.1%|78.4% | 68.8%|79.6% | |||
“after contact with patient surroundings” | |||||||
(0–100) | N§,$ | 93 | 214 | 322 | 131 | ||
(a) Mean Rate (b) Rate | 71.1% | 76.8% | 0.051 | 55.6% | 67.2% | 0.023 | |
95%-CI | 66.1%|76.2% | 74.1%|79.5% | 50.1%|61.0% | 59.0%|75.3% |