Table 1.
Characteristics of patients and compliance with hand hygiene and the use of gloves during the three study periods.
| Pre-intervention (PI) | Post-education (PE) | Post-alcohol (PA) | p-value | |
| Male gender | 64 (50%) | 43 (41%) | 38 (41%) | 0.29 |
| Surgery | 120 (94%) | 86 (82%) | 82 (89%) | 0.02 |
| Age (years) | ||||
| mean (SD) | 40 (15) | 44 (18) | 41 (18) | 0.25 |
| median (range) | 42 (2-73) | 43 (5-92) | 45 (5-71) | |
| APACHE II score (points) | ||||
| mean (SD) | 9 (6) | 10 (6) | 10 (6) | 0.08 |
| median (range) | 8 (0-25) | 9 (0-31) | 9 (0-27) | |
| Length of stay in the hospital prior to NeICU admission (days) | ||||
| mean (SD) | 11 (24) | 8 (9) | 8 (12) | 0.29 |
| median (range) | 5 (0-182) | 5 (0-55) | 4 (0-85) | |
| Compliance of HCP with hand hygiene and the use of gloves | ||||
| Hand hygiene before patient care | 97 (20%) | 95 (37%) | 22 (27%) | PI×PE: p<0.001 PE×PA: p = 0.102 PI×PA: p = 0.163 |
| Hand hygiene after patient care | 141 (30%) | 112 (45%) | 18 (23%) | PI×PE: p<0.001 PE×PA: p<0.001 PI×PA: p = 0.166 |
| Correct use of gloves during patient care | 242 (69%) | 213 (80%) | 61 (74%) | PI×PE: p = 0.001 PE×PA: p = 0.245 PI×PA: p = 0.301 |
SD: standard deviation; APACHE: Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Disease Classification System; HCP: healthcare personnel.