Table 4.
Relationship between attitudes toward Hand Hygiene Guideline and self-reported implementation of the Guideline and use of alcohol for hand hygiene (Logistic regression)
| Variables | I personally have implemented the recommendations of the Hand Hygiene Guideline |
I use alcohol for hand hygiene frequently or almost always |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Odds Ratio |
95% Confidence Intervals (CI) |
p value | Odds Ratio |
95% CI |
p value |
|
| Discipline | ||||||
| Nurse | .71 | .28-1.78 | 0.46 | 1.29 | .80-2.07 | 0.29 |
| Physician | .94 | .29-3.00 | 0.92 | 1.75 | .94-3.25 | 0.08 |
| Age | .99 | .97-1.02 | 0.71 | .99 | .97-1.01 | 0.23 |
| Gender | 1.13 | .53-2.41 | 0.75 | 1.11 | .72-1.71 | 0.63 |
| ICU | ||||||
| Medical | 1.01 | .37-2.75 | 0.99 | .74 | .42-1.33 | 0.32 |
| Surgery | .85 | .29-2.49 | 0.77 | 1.31 | .66-2.62 | 0.44 |
| Medical-Surgery | 1.09 | .48-2.44 | 0.84 | .72 | .46-1.15 | 0.17 |
| Active beds | 1.07 | .73-1.56 | 0.72 | .77 | .61-.97 | 0.03 |
| Affiliated by an Academic Health Center |
1.49 | .78-2.85 | 0.23 | 1.15 | .773-1.70 | 0.50 |
| Geographic Region | .54 | .261-1.10 | 0.09 | .86 | .58-1.27 | 0.44 |
| Hand Hygiene Guideline Score |
1.11 | 1.06-1.16 | <0.001 | 1.05 | 1.02-1.08 | 0.002 |