Table 1 |
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Characteristics of the observation sessions and opportunities for hand hygiene across study phases |
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| Phase I |
Phase II |
P value |
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| Number of observation studies |
181 |
198 |
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| Number of opportunities |
604 |
553 |
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| Median duration in minutes |
12.3 |
13.0 |
0.74 |
| 25%–75% percentiles |
8.0–17.0 |
8.5–16.7 |
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| HCWa |
0.17 |
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| Nurses |
132 (73) |
134 (68) |
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| Physicians |
29 (16) |
29 (14) |
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| Nursing assistants |
12 (6.6) |
27 (14) |
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| Other |
8 (4.4) |
8 (4) |
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| Time of daya |
0.027 |
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| Morning |
92 (51) |
123 (62) |
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| Afternoon |
89 (49) |
75 (38) |
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| Isolated patienta |
64 (35) |
57 (29) |
0.14 |
| Availability of handruba |
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| In the room |
177 (98) |
197 (99.5) |
0.20 |
| In the HCW's pocket |
16 (9) |
17 (9) |
0.53 |
| Median number of opportunities per hour |
13.7 |
11.6 |
0.004 |
| 25%–75% percentiles |
8.3–20.6 |
8.6–16 |
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| Type of opportunity |
< 0.001 |
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| Respiratory care |
40 (6.6) |
47 (8.5) |
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| Intravenous or arterial care |
62 (10.3) |
60 (10.8) |
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| Direct patient contact |
477 (79.0) |
374 (68.0) |
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| Digestive care |
6 (1.0) |
12 (2.0) |
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| Wound care |
9 (1.5) |
35 (6.0) |
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| Clean device/material |
9 (1.5) |
18 (3.2) |
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| Urinary care |
1 (0.2) |
7 (1.5) |
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aData are presented as numbers (percentages). Phase I: use of liquid handrub; phase II: use of gel handrub. HCW, health care worker. |
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Traore et al. Critical Care 2007 11:R52 doi:10.1186/cc5906 |
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