Table 4. Number and duration of contacts of HCWs (NURs and MEDs) with patients.
| RFID tag number and role class | Number of distinct patients contacted | Cumulative number of contacts with patients | Cumulative duration of contacts with patients | |||||
| Number | %* | Number | %** | Cumulative %** | Duration | %** | Cumulative %** | |
| Average HCW | 13 | 44.8% | 93 | 2.6% | – | 4377 | 2.6% | – |
| Average MED | 9 | 31% | 52 | 1.5% | – | 2675 | 1.6% | – |
| Average NUR | 15 | 51.7% | 109 | 3.1% | – | 5070 | 3% | – |
| 1115 (NUR) | 24 | 82.8% | 294 | 8.3% | 8.3% | 17040 | 10.2% | 10.2% |
| 1295 (NUR) | 20 | 69.0% | 291 | 8.3% | 16.6% | 13580 | 8.2% | 18.4% |
| 1207 (NUR) | 20 | 69.0% | 252 | 7.1% | 23.7% | 12500 | 7.5% | 25.9% |
| 1210 (NUR) | 22 | 75.9% | 245 | 7.0% | 30.7% | 11540 | 6.9% | 32.9% |
| 1181 (NUR) | 11 | 37.9% | 221 | 6.3% | 37.0% | 10080 | 6.1% | 38.9% |
| 1193 (NUR) | 21 | 72.4% | 180 | 5.1% | 42.1% | 9020 | 5.4% | 44.3% |
| Other HCWs | 22 | 75.9% | 139 | 57.9% | 100.0% | 5080 | 55.7% | 100.0% |
We show the average of these quantities over all HCWs, all NURs and all MEDs as well as the values for the six HCWs with most contacts.
*
Calculated over the total number of patients in the study, n = 29.
**
Calculated over the cumulative number and duration of contacts with patients in the study.