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. 2013 May 14;2:15. doi: 10.1186/2047-2994-2-15

Table 1.

Distribution of hand hygiene compliance across critical care units in the hospital

Critical care units
Percentage of hand hygiene compliance (# of actions/opportunities for hand hygiene)
  Phase I Phase II Phase II Phase IV
Intensive care unit (ICU)
39 (21/54)
57 (29/51)
53 (182/344)
81 (130/160)
Neonatal intensive care unit (NICU)
88 (142/162)
90 (145/160)
90 (94/104)
68 (177/260)
Burn Unit
70 (77/110)
85 (93/110)
78 (46/59)
53 (32/100)
Kidney Center
43 (36/83)
71 (60/85)
36 (41/113)
54 (13/24)
Total 67 (276/409) 81 (327/406) 59 (363/620) 65 (379/540)