Hand hygiene compliance | Moments of hand hygiene compliance | Mean before the intervention (SD) | Mean after the intervention (SD) | P-value |
---|---|---|---|---|
Intervention group | Before touching a patient | 24.2 (14) | 32.5 (22.1) | < 0.001 |
Before a clean/aseptic procedure | 3.2 (7.4) | 26.7 (19.5) | < 0.001 | |
After body fluid exposure risk | 88.9 (21.4) | 97.8 (7.2) | 0.03 | |
After touching a patient | 29.7 (24.3) | 46.1 (20.6) | 0.001 | |
After touching patient surroundings | 11.6 (18.9) | 17.1 (22.8) | 0.07 | |
Total | 24.5 (11.7) | 41.9 (13.7) | < 0.001 | |
Control group | Before touching a patient | 45.6 (27) | 54.8 (19.1) | 0.14 |
Before a clean/aseptic procedure | 23.3 (22.3) | 32.7 (19.1) | 0.008 | |
After body fluid exposure risk | 93.7 (15.2) | 98.5 (19.1) | 0.14 | |
After touching a patient | 31.8 (24.8) | 41.8 (17.1) | 0.04 | |
After touching patient surroundings | 14.6 (17.7) | 20.6 (15.3) | 0.04 | |
Total | 34.1 (14.7) | 41.8 (8.7) | 0.004 |