Table 3 Overview of the participants’ demographics and answers to selected questions

Staff presenting for the questionnaire

201

235

197

633

 No consent given

0

4

8

12

 Never used AS DI and HH products

1

2

1

4

Staff who completed the survey

200 (99.5%)

229 (97.4%)

188 (95.4%)

617 (97.5%)

Female gender

98 (49.0%)

100 (43.7%)

83 (44.1%)

281 (45.5%)

Age

 < 18 years

0

0

1 (0.5%)

1 (0.2%)

 18–30 years

66 (33.0%)

91 (39.7%)

40 (21.3%)

197 (31.9%)

 31–40 years

42 (21.0%)

72 (31.4%)

74 (39.4%)

188 (30.5%)

 41–50 years

65 (32.5%)

56 (24.5%)

42 (22.3%)

163 (26.4%)

 > 50 years

27 (13.5%)

10 (4.4%)

31 (16.5%)

68 (11.0%)

Professional profile

 (Para-)medical staff

179 (89.5%)

183 (79.9%)

164 (87.2%)

526 (85.3%)

 Medical doctors and students

61 (30.5%)

108 (47.2%)

86 (45.7%)

255 (41.3%)

 Nurses, midwife and students

116 (58.0%)

71 (31.0%)

58 (30.9%)

245 (39.7%)

 Pharmacist and lab staff

2 (1.0%)

4 (1.7%)

20 (10.6%)

26 (4.2%)

Auxiliary staff

21 (10.5%)

46 (20.1%)

24 (12.8%)

91 (14.7%)

Hospital ward

 Maternity

63 (31.5%)

42 (18.3%)

35 (18.6%)

140 (22.7%)

 Pediatrics

41 (20.5%)

27 (11.8%)

18 (9.6%)

86 (13.9%)

 Neonatology

13 (6.5%)

25 (10.9%)

11 (5.9%)

49 (7.9%)

 Internal medicine

30 (15.0%)

62 (27.1%)

36 (19.1%)

128 (20.7%)

 Surgery

47 (23.5%)

71 (31.0%)

26 (13.8%)

144 (23.3%)

 Pharmacy and laboratory

2 (1.0%)

1 (0.4%)

30 (16.0%)

33 (5.3%)

 Other

4 (2.0%)

1 (0.4%)

32 (17.0%)

37 (6.0%)

Training in Infection Prevention and Control

 ≤ 1 year,

28 (14.0%)

39 (17.0%)

30 (16.0%)

97 (15.7%)

 > 1 year ago,

66 (33.0%)

56 (24.5%)

62 (33.0%)

184 (29.8%)

 Never attended/could not recall

106 (53.0%)

134 (58.5%)

96 (51.1%)

336 (54.5%)

Experience with antiseptics and disinfectants (multiple options could be selected)

 Hand hygiene

190 (95.0%)

219 (95.6%)

173 (92.0%)

582 (94.3%)

 Skin antisepsis

135 (67.5%)

117 (51.1%)

100 (53.2%)

352 (57.1%)

 Wound care

149 (74.5%)

161 (70.3%)

93 (49.5%)

403 (65.3%)

 Medical device disinfection

143 (71.5%)

150 (65.5%)

116 (61.7%)

409 (66.3%)

 Surface cleaning

140 (70.0%)

148 (64.6%)

122 (64.9%)

410 (66.5%)

 AS and DI preparation

23 (11.5%)

34 (14.8%)

42 (22.3%)

99 (16.0%)

 AS and DI procurement

20 (10.0%)

28 (12.2%)

29 (15.4%)

77 (12.5%)

Preference for hand hygiene product container (multiple options could be selected)

Table-top pump dispenser container

180 (90.0%)

189 (82.5%)

173 (92.0%)

541 (87.7%)

Squeeze bottle

45 (22.5%)

66 (28.8%)

33 (17.6%)

144 (23.3%)

Snap-cap dropper container

22 (11.0%)

54 (23.6%)

54 (28.7%)

130 (21.1%)

Screw cap container

3 (1.5%)

4 (1.7%)

15 (8.0%)

22 (3.6%)

Confidence in products used in the ward

Confident– (all staff) *

117 (58.5%)

130 (56.8%)

113 (60.1%)

360 (58.3%)

 (Para)medical staff

103 (57.5%)

94 (51.4%)

91 (55.5%)

288 (54.8%)

 Auxiliary staff

14 (66.7%)

36 (78.3%)

22 (91.7%)

72 (79.1%)

A bit confident (all staff)

71 (35.5%)

72 (31.4%)

56 (29.8%)

199 (32.3%)

Not confident (all staff)

12 (6.0%)

27 (11.8%)

19 (10.1%)

58 (9.4%)

Preference of product used for hand hygiene (only one option could be selected)

ABHR

91 (45.5%)

60 (26.2%)

53 (28.2%)

204 (33.1%)

Liquid soap **

103 (51.5%)

164 (71.6%)

129 (68.6%)

396 (64.2%)

Bar soap

5 (2.5%)

2 (0.9%°

4 (2.1%)

11 (1.8%)

No preference

1 (0.5%)

2 (0.9%)

0

3 (0.5%)

Products actually used for hand hygiene in the ward (multiple options could be selected)

ABHR

136 (68.0%)

162 (70.7%)

121 (64.4%)

418 (67.7%)

Liquid soap **

136 (68.0%)

213 (93.0%)

177 (94.1%)

526 (85.3%)

Any of the products

26 (13.0%)

22 (9.6%)

19 (10.1%)

67 (10.9%)

I do not know

3 (1.5%)

1 (0.4%)

0

4 (0.6%)