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Table 2 Survey results regarding the behavior with respect to the “My 5 Moments for HH”, total cohort compared to nonsurgical and surgical departments (%)

From: Hand hygiene behavior in a tertiary university hospital: differences between surgical and nonsurgical departments

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p

 

always

very often

sometimes

never

n.a.

 

Do you clean your hands before patient contact?

Baseline

63.6

27.5

6.0

0.6

2.3

 

Follow up

74.4

20.6

4.5

0.4

-

<0.001

Baseline (nonsurgical)

63.1

27.7

6.3

0.8

2.1

 

Follow up (nonsurgical)

71.9

23.4

4.8

0.0

-

ns

Baseline (surgical)

64.1

27.3

5.7

0.4

2.5

 

Follow up (surgical)

75.8

19.2

4.4

0.6

-

0.001

Do you clean your hands before aseptic task?

Baseline

80.6

12.2

3.4

1.5

2.3

 

Follow up

85.8

9.3

2.7

2.3

-

0.003

Baseline (nonsurgical)

79.9

12.7

3.7

1.6

2.1

 

Follow up (nonsurgical)

82.6

13.2

4.2

0.0

-

ns

Baseline (surgical)

81.1

11.8

3.2

1.5

2.5

 

Follow up (surgical)

87.4

7.2

1.9

3.5

-

0.002

Do you clean your hands after body fluid exposure risk?

Baseline

95.3

1.9

0.2

0.2

2.3

 

Follow up

97.9

1.0

0.2

0.8

-

<0.001

Baseline (nonsurgical)

94.2

2.9

0.5

0.3

2.1

 

Follow up (nonsurgical)

97.6

1.8

0.6

0.0

-

ns

Baseline (surgical)

96.2

1.1

0.0

0.2

2.5

 

Follow up (surgical)

98.1

0.6

0.0

1.3

-

0.008

Do you clean your hands after patient contact?

Baseline

81.1

14.2

2.3

0.1

2.3

 

Follow up

86.8

12.2

0.6

0.4

-

<0.001

Baseline (nonsurgical)

81.0

14.0

2.6

0.3

2.1

 

Follow up (nonsurgical)

87.4

12.0

0.6

0.0

-

ns

Baseline (surgical)

81.1

14.3

2.1

0.0

2.5

 

Follow up (surgical)

86.5

12.3

0.6

0.6

-

0.005

Do you clean your hands after contact with patient surroundings?

Baseline

36.1

35.3

23.2

3.0

2.3

 

Follow up

48.9

34.0

14.6

2.5

-

<0.001

Baseline (nonsurgical)

36.4

35.6

23.2

2.6

2.1

 

Follow up (nonsurgical)

47.3

34.1

16.2

2.4

-

0.044

Baseline (surgical)

35.9

35.1

23.1

3.4

2.5

 

Follow up (surgical)

49.7

34.0

13.8

2.5

-

<0.001