Table 4.

Description of Encounters and Interruption Events During Infection Prevention Processes Within the Patient Station (N = 275)

	Average Occurrences per Encounter				Occurrences per Minute
Process	Encounters (n)	Time on Task	Hand Hygiene	Alarms	Interruptions	Hand Hygiene	Alarms	Interruptions
Connectiona	93	14:15 ± 07:08	4.66 ± 3.95	1.95 ± 2.49	0.86 ± 1.51	0.33 ± 0.28	0.14 ± 0.18	0.07 ± 0.11
Disconnectiona	92	11:42 ± 08:11	3.03 ± 3.11	2.29 ± 2.75	0.87 ± 1.62	0.26 ± 0.27	0.2 ± 0.24	0.08 ± 0.14
Injection administration	35	04:43 ± 11:22	1.20 ± 1.30	0.14 ± 0.43	0.20 ± 0.47	0.26 ± 0.28	0.04 ± 0.1	0.05 ± 0.11
Disinfection of the patient station	55	05:45 ± 04:15	1.35 ± 1.19	0.33 ± 0.58	0.33 ± 0.89	0.24 ± 0.21	0.06 ± 0.11	0.07 ± 0.16

Values for continuous variables given as mean ± SD. Of the total encounters (N = 479), 275 were related to these infection prevention processes.

^aCentral venous catheter, fistula, or graft.