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Compliance with hand hygiene related to the use of the liquid (phase I) or the gel (phase II) handrub formulation |
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| Phase Ia |
Phase IIa |
P value |
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| Overall compliance |
32.1 (194/604) |
41.2 (228/553) |
0.035 |
| Health care worker category |
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| Nurses |
33.6 (167/497) |
45.7 (190/416) |
0.011 |
| Physicians |
25.8 (16/62) |
28.6 (16/56) |
0.76 |
| Nursing assistants |
32.0 (8/25) |
30.8 (20/65) |
0.74 |
| Other |
15.0 (3/20) |
12.5 (2/16) |
0.84 |
| Time of day |
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| Morning |
35.0 (106/303) |
46.7 (160/343) |
0.039 |
| Afternoon |
29.2 (88/301) |
32.4 (68/210) |
0.75 |
| Workload (number of opportunities per hour) |
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| <10 |
40.5 (36/89) |
33.3 (38/114) |
0.29 |
| 10–15 |
39.0 (62/159) |
38.0 (89/234) |
0.86 |
| ≥16 |
27.0 (96/356) |
49.3 (101/205) |
< 0.001 |
| Patient isolated |
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| Yes |
32.0 (65/203) |
35.1 (53/151) |
0.9 |
| No |
32.2 (129/401) |
43.5 (175/402) |
0.017 |
| Availability of handrub |
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| Yes |
46.9 (23/49) |
55.9 (19/34) |
0.53 |
| No |
30.8 (171/555) |
40.3 (209/519) |
0.035 |
| Availability of alcohol-based solution in the room |
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| Yes |
32.3 (193/598) |
41.0 (224/547) |
0.05 |
| No |
16.7 (1/6) |
66.7 (4/6) |
0.068 |
| Type of opportunity |
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| Respiratory care |
40 (16/40) |
31.9 (15/47) |
0.56 |
| Intravenous or arterial care |
24.2 (15/62) |
36.7 (22/60) |
0.17 |
| Direct patient contact |
31.7 (151/477) |
39.0 (146/374) |
0.13 |
| Digestive tract care |
0 (0/6) |
25 (3/12) |
NA |
| Wound care |
55.6 (5/9) |
74.3 (26/35) |
0.24 |
| Clean device |
77.8 (7/9) |
77.8 (14/18) |
0.87 |
| Urinary care |
0 (0/1) |
28.6 (2/7) |
NA |
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aData not in parentheses are presented as percentages. NA, not applicable. | |||
Traore et al. Critical Care 2007 11:R52 doi:10.1186/cc5906 |
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