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Table 1 Distribution of hand hygiene facilities at a 600 bed-tertiary care hospital, in Jos, Northern Nigeria

From: Assessment of hand hygiene facilities and staff compliance in a large tertiary health care facility in northern Nigeria: a cross sectional study

Units/wards of the hospital

Frequency(n)

No poster/ written policy on HHa

No ABHRa

Position and type of ABHR

Hand washing station

Dominant Position (average distance #) of HWSa

Water usually available all day

Hand operated tap in wash station

Use of bar soap

Availability of soap always

Use of ladle/cup and bucket

Multiple-use cloth-towel for hand drying

Automated hand dryers

Out-patient clinics

9

7(78)

7(78)

0

9(100)

Adj. room(8 m)

0 (0)

9(100)

7 (78)

3 (33)

7 (78)

5 (56)

0 (0)

Laboratories

5

4(80)

3 (60)

pocket

5 (100)

WB (3 m)

1(20)

5 (100)

3 (60)

1 (20)

1 (20)

1 (20)

0 (0)

Wards

21

15(71)

20 (95)

NS, pocket

21 (100)

NS (8 m)

8 (38)

21 (100)

20 (95)

15 (71)

15 (71)

2 (10)

0 (0)

Emergency wards

3

3(100)

3(100)

nil

3(100)

Adj.room (5 m)

0 (0)

3(100)

3(100)

1 (33)

1(33)

3(100)

0 (0)

ICU

1

0(0)

0 (0)

NS, pocket

1(100)

Patient bedside(1 m)

1 (100)

1(100)

1(100)

1(100)

1(100)

0 (0)

0 (0)

Operating theatre

1

1(100)

1(100)

nil

1(100)

Lobby(3 m)

1 (100)

1(100)

1(100)

1(100)

1(100)

0 (0)

0 (0)

Delivery suite

1

0 (0)

1(100)

nil

1(100)

Lobby(3 m)

1 (100)

1(100)

1(100)

1(100)

1(100)

0 (0)

0 (0)

Mortuary

1

0 (0)

1(100)

nil

1(100)

Lobby(3 m)

0 (0)

1(100)

1(100)

0 (0)

1(100)

1(100)

0 (0)

Dialysis unit

1

0 (0)

1(100)

nil

1(100)

Lobby(3 m)

1 (100)

1(100)

1(100)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

ECG unit

1

1(100)

1(100)

nil

0 (0)

nil

0 (0)

0 (0)

0(0)

0 (0)

1(100)

0 (0)

0 (0)

Physiotherapy unit

1

1(100)

1(100)

nil

1(100)

Lobby (4 m)

0(0)

1(100)

1(100)

1(100)

1(100)

1(100)

0(0)

Endoscopy suite

1

1(100)

1(100)

nil

1(100)

suite(3 m)

0(0)

1(100)

1(100)

0(0)

1(100)

1(100)

0(0)

Total

46

33(72)

40(87)

 

45(98)

 

13(28)

45(98)

40(87)

24(52)

31(67)

14(30)

0(0)

  1. aHH Hand hygiene, ABHR Alcohol based hand rub, HWS hand wash station, # Estimated distance, NS Nurses Station, WB Work bench