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. 2023 Apr 14;9(4):e15410. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e15410

Table 2.

Determinants of compliance to hand hygiene measures amongst HCWs in surveyed public healthcare facilities of Tamil Nadu (N = 2733).

Characteristics Total, N Compliance to hand hygiene, n (%) Adjusted Odds Ratio# (95%CI) P-value
Designation
Doctors 887 90 (10.1) Ref
Nurses 1552 372 (24.0) 2.49 (1.90–3.26) <0.001*
Other allied staff$ 294 68 (23.1) 2.61 (1.75–3.88) <0.001*
Department
General Medicine 1475 221 (15.0) Ref
General Surgery 251 93 (37.0) 2.18 (1.53–3.10) <0.001*
Obstetrics & Gynaecology 350 106 (30.3) 1.75 (1.26–2.43) 0.001*
Paediatrics 333 57 (17.1) 1.31 (0.92–1.87) 0.13
Orthopaedics 324 53 (16.4) 1.04 (0.72–1.50) 0.83
Section
OPD 1310 175 (13.4) 2.05 (1.07–3.90) 0.03*
IPD 1297 341 (26.3) 2.64 (1.38–5.04) 0.003*
Procedure room 126 14 (11.1) Ref
Five moments of hand hygiene
After body fluid exposure 47 35 (74.5) 15.8 (7.74–32.1) <0.001*
After touching the patients 1033 247 (23.9) 2.23 (1.77–2.82) <0.001
After touching patient surroundings 483 65 (13.5) 1.00 (0.72–1.37) 0.98
Before clean or aseptic procedure 69 39 (56.5) 8.70 (5.10–14.85) <0.001
Before touching patients 1101 144 (13.1) Ref

Ref - Reference value.

*p value statistically significant.

$Laboratory technicians, pharmacists.

#Clustering at the level of healthcare facility was adjusted using random-intercept model.