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Table 4 Comparison of HH compliance before and after intervention of HCWs by indication

From: Implementation of WHO multimodal strategy for improvement of hand hygiene: a quasi-experimental study in a Traditional Chinese Medicine hospital in Xi’an, China

 

HH compliance before intervention (%)

HH compliance after intervention (%)

χ2

P

Before touching a patient

263/489 (53.78)

766/944 (81.14)

119.121

<0.001

After touching a patient

374/489 (76.48)

737/897 (82.16)

6.420

0.011

If moving from a contaminated body site to a clean body site during patient care

15/49 (30.61)

134/224 (59.82)

13.837

<0.001

After body fluid exposure risk

65/84 (77.38)

172/209 (82.30)

0.937

0.333

Before clean/aseptic procedures

160/254 (62.99)

460/552 (83.33)

40.547

<0.001

After touching patient surroundings

150/190 (78.95)

339/415 (81.69)

0.631

0.427

After removing gloves

83/120 (69.17)

105/128 (82.03)

5.589

0.018