Table 1. Baseline characteristics of study participants.

	Group A (n = 34)	Group B (n = 29)	p-value
Female gender	26 (76)	23 (85)	0.522
Age category			0.022
<20	0 (0)	0 (0)
20–29	1 (4)	4 (20)
30–39	16 (64)	5 (25)
40–49	8 (32)	11 (55)
Profession			0.574
Nurse assistant	10 (29)	5 (19)
Nurse	21 (62)	19 (70)
Doctor	1 (3)	0 (0)
Other	2 (6)	3 (11)
Years worked at HUG*			0.338
<1	1 (3)	0 (0)
1–5	4 (13)	4 (15)
6–10	7 (22)	2 (7)
>10	20 (63)	21 (78)
Infection control course completed			0.347
No	9 (26)	12 (44)
Yes, in 2013	0 (0)	0 (0)
Yes, in 2012	3 (9)	1 (4)
Yes, before 2012	22 (65)	14 (52)

Counts are presented with percentages in parentheses. Responses to each question may not sum to total number of participants due to unanswered questions.

*HUG, University of Geneva Hospitals.