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Table 2 Health care worker hand hygiene adherence rates at baseline and following implementation of the WHO multimodal hand hygiene strategy

From: Effectiveness of a multimodal hand hygiene campaign and obstacles to success in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Characteristic

Hand hygiene adherence

[Number adherent/number of observations (%)]

 

Baseline

Post-intervention

P c

Total

21/1000 (2.1%)

127/1000 (12.7%)

<0.001

Location of observation

   

 Emergency dept.

11/217 (5.1%)

62/250 (24.8%)

<0.001

 Medicine ward

4/265 (1.5%)

25/250 (10.0%)

<0.001

 OB/GYNa ward

3/200 (1.5%)

23/250 (9.2%)

<0.001

 Surgery ward

3/318 (0.9%)

17/250 (6.8%)

<0.001

Type of HCW

   

 Attending

2/69 (2.9%)

4/69 (5.8%)

0.40

 Resident

7/436 (1.6%)

30/211 (14.2%)

<0.001

 Medical student

3/291 (1.0%)

20/254 (7.9%)

<0.001

 Nurse

5/144 (3.5%)

62/322 (19.3%)

<0.001

 Other HCWsb

4/60 (6.7%)

11/144 (7.6%)

0.81

Timing

   

 During attending rounds

5/351 (1.4%)

9/205 (4.4%)

0.03

 Not during rounds

16/649 (2.5%)

118/795 (14.8%)

<0.001

Patient contact

   

 Before patient contact

3/398 (0.8%)

25/250 (10.0%)

<0.001

 After patient contact

18/602 (3.0%)

102/750 (13.6%)

<0.001

  1. aOB/GYN: obstetrics and gynecology; bHCW: health care worker; c P-value between pre and post intervention period.