Table 5.
Hygiene opportunities (n) and adherence (%) during different observations, categorized by “My five moments for hand hygiene”
| Opportunities for hand hygiene | Full length operations | Induction phase | Preoperative center | Sum | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | n | % | n | % | |||
| 1 | Before patient contact | 371 | 2.2 | 371 | ||||
| 2 | Before aseptic task | 482 | 3.5 | 445 | 2.2 | 82 | 7.3 | 1,009 |
| 3 | After body fluid exposure | 308 | 15.9 | 287 | 5.2 | 48 | 14.6 | 643 |
| 4&5 | After contact with patient or the patient surroundings | 9 | - | 359 | 3.6 | 2 | - | 370 |
| Total | 799 | 8.4 | 1,462 | 3.1 | 132 | 9.8 | 2,393 | |