Compliance of Healthcare Workers with Hand Hygiene Practices in Neonatal and Pediatric Intensive Care Units: Overt Observation

Table 1

Compliance and technique of hand hygiene among nurses and doctors.

	Total , (%)		Nurses , (%)		Doctors , (%)		value,; OR (95% CI)
	Hand washing with soap and water	Hand hygiene with disinfectant	Hand washing with soap and water	Hand hygiene with disinfectant	Hand washing with soap and water	Hand hygiene with disinfectant	Hand washing with soap and water and with disinfectant
Prior to patient contact	33 (20.4%)	37 (22.8%)	24 (21.0%)	26 (22.8%)	9 (21.9%)	11 (26.8%)	0.719,; 0.820 (0.401–1.678)
Prior to a clean or aseptic procedure	4 (3.4%)	6 (5.1%)	2 (2.3%)	4 (4.7%)	2 (6.2%)	2 (6.2%)	0.458,; 0.532 (0.140–2.023)
After contact with body fluids	12 (12.1%)	6 (6.1%)	8 (10.3%)	5 (6.4%)	4 (18.1%)	1 (4.5%)	0.540,; 0.691 (0.216–2.207)
After patient contact	46 (52.3%)	14 (15.9%)	41 (61.1%)	9 (13.4%)	5 (27.7%)	5 (27.7%)	0.199,; 2.353 (0.799–6.931)
After contact with the patient environment	71 (29.8%)	32 (13.5%)	56 (45.5%)	18 (14.6%)	10 (11.9%)	14 (16.6%)	0.001,; 3.776 (2.082–6.847)
Total hand hygiene compliance among nurses and doctors							0.02,; 1.504 (1.058–2.137)