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. 2011 Jan-Mar;15(1):6–15. doi: 10.4103/0972-5229.78215

Table 5.

Hand hygiene compliance specific to each opportunity (overall)

Indication Overall compliance (%)
Pvalue
Pre-intervention Post-intervention
Before clean/aseptic procedures 7.65 38.64 0.004
After contact with blood/body fluids 32.29 55.43 0.008
After handling soiled objects 17.14 25 0.286
After removing gloves used for contact with body substances 15.47 43.06 0.001
Before patient contact 18.08 56.73 0.000
After patient contact 15.51 62.67 0.000
Before patient’s equipment contact 12.24 33.63 0.000
After patient’s equipment contact 20.59 38.95 0.000
Gloves donned whenever potential for contact with blood/body substance 70.40 85.12 0.573
Gloves removed immediately after use 27.06 47.12 0.007