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. 2006 Mar 21;63(8):530–537. doi: 10.1136/oem.2005.022723

Table 5 Input distribution data for glove use and glove protection.

Variable Glove use Glove protection
Pre‐intervention Post‐intervention
Task Yes† No Yes No Mean‡ Min§ Max¶
Preparation 84% 16% 0.93 0.74 0.99
Administering 89% 11% 81% 19% 0.90* 0.75 0.99
Washing patients 67% 33% 30% 70% 0.83 0.40 0.97
Changing bed sheets 67% 33% 36% 64% 0.52 0.07 0.80
Handling urine 82% 18% 90% 10% 0.46 0.09 0.91
Cleaning 35% 65% 59% 41% 0.92 0.81 0.98

*Bold values in the table indicate imputed data.

†Percentage of nurses in the study wearing gloves at this task.

‡Most likely value for glove protection in this case the mean was chosen.

§Minimum value for the protection of gloves.

¶Maximum value for the protection of gloves.