Table 4.
Hand Hygiene and Tuberculosis Infection Control Practices
| Practice | Always/Often Responses |
|||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total* N=261 |
Physicians N=132 |
Nurses* N=129 |
P** | |
| How often is Hand Hygiene performed | ||||
| 45. Before Patient Contact | - | 9 (7) | - | - |
| 46. After Patient Contact | - | 63 (48) | - | - |
| 47. If they look or feel dirty | - | 108 (82) | - | - |
| 48. After going to the toilet | - | 116 (88) | - | - |
| 49. After contact with blood or bodily fluids | - | 128 (97) | - | - |
| 49. Before caring for a wound | - | 56 (42) | - | - |
| 50. After caring for a wound | - | 112 (85) | - | - |
| 51. After removing gloves | - | 73 (55) | - | - |
| Tuberculosis Infection Control | - | - | ||
| 52. I open windows when possible to increase natural ventilation | 111 (43) | 59 (45) | 52 (40) | 0.47 |
| 53. I wear a mask when caring for patients with active or suspected pulmonary TB | 32 (12) | 13 (10) | 19 (15) | 0.23 |
| 54. How frequently are masks available to you | 20 (8) | 4 (3) | 16 (12) | <.01 |
| 55. I receive on-going education about TB IC policies | 25 (10) | 13 (10) | 12 (9) | 0.88 |
| 56. I order sputum specimens when I suspect active TB | 80 (31) | 36 (27) | 44 (34) | 0.23 |
| 57. Patients with suspected TB are isolated from other patients | 48 (18) | 21 (16) | 27 (21) | 0.30 |
| 58. Patients with known TB are separated from HIV patients | 27 (10) | 19 (14) | 8 (6) | 0.03 |
*
Data from nurses regarding hand hygiene practice was not obtained. TB, tuberculosis; IC, infection control