Table 3.

Hand hygiene opportunities among various health care categories in the pre- versus post-intervention period

Health care worker category	Hand hygiene opportunities (number)
	Pre-intervention (%)	Post-intervention (%)
Staff nurses	470 (46.91)	427 (41.62)
Nursing students	142 (14.17)	123 (11.98)
Resident trainees	185 (18.46)	196 (19.10)
Consultants	50 (4.99)	91 (8.87)
Physiotherapists	70 (6.78)	79 (7.69)
Paramedical*	84 (8.38)	110 (10.72)

^*Paramedical staff included technical staff, ward helpers and radiographers