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. 2008 Jul;90(5):412–416. doi: 10.1308/003588408X301028

Table 3.

The percentage of staff adhering to the given criteria before and after the posters were put up and their corresponding P-value

Pre-poster (%) Post-poster (%) P-value
Covered ears 44 48 0.648
Covered nose/mouth 88 83 0.517
Covered head-hair 29 38 0.261
Piercings left in 93 94 0.759
Covered piercings/holes 68 76 0.311
Shirt tucked-in 2 12 0.019
Gloves not splashed 75 73 1.000
Finger rings removed 79 76 0.781
Hood worn 59 54 0.812
Hood tucked-in 41 38 0.812
Chlorhexidine lavage 100 100
Antibiotics 100 100

As there was no change for chlorhexidine lavage or timing of antibiotics, no analysis was performed and hence there is no P-value.