Table 3. Measures reported for infection control in the reviewed studies .
| Study/infection control measures | Washing hands |
Disinfection of equipment |
Separation of infectious waste material |
Environment health |
Disinfectants & sterilizers |
Disposable devices |
Hepatitis vaccination |
| Askarian & Assadian / 2003 - Shiraz |
45.4 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Geramipanah & Monzavi / Varamin |
96.2 | 91 | — | — | 97.9 | 95.7 | — |
| Najafi Dolatabadi et al / 2005- 2006 - Yasouj |
43 | 73 | — | — | 93 | 68 | — |
| Ajami et al / 2008- Mashhad | 33.1 | — | — | — | — | 89.9 | |
| Mohammadrazavi et al / 2003 - Isfahan |
>70 | >70 | — | >50 70> | 50> | 52 | 93.4 |
| Hashemipour et al / 2007 - Kerman |
— | — | — | — | 42.7 | — | 52.4 |
| Alavian et al / 2004 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 74.8 |
| Najafi Dolatabadi et al 2/ 2005- 2006 - Yasouj |
82 | 95 | — | — | 92 | 97 | — |
| Valiollahi et al22/ 2004 - Tehran | — | — | 53.47 | 56.55 | 97.29 | — | — |
| Alipour et al/ 2005 - Bandarabbas | 56.7 | 74 | 61 | 81 | 67 | — | 24.7 |