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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Dec 18.
Published in final edited form as: Clin Infect Dis. 2009 Jan 1;48(1):10.1086/594120. doi: 10.1086/594120

Table 5.

Hand hygiene compliance rates by NICU and study period

NICU 1 NICU 2
No. of observations None % EtOH % Soap/water % No. of observations None % EtOH % Soap/water %
Pre-contact Phase I 440 67.1 2.1 30.9 852 76.5 16.3 7.2
Phase II 952 56.8 24.6 18.6 476 62.2 28.4 9.5
Post-ontact Phase I 440 75.9 1.4 22.5 851 86.9 8.3 4.6
Phase II 946 74.1 9.7 16.0 475 79 12.6 7.8

Abbreviations: EtOH – Ethanol based handrub; NICU – neonatal intensive care unit.