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Published in final edited form as: Am J Infect Control. 2013 Jul 24;41(11):994–996. doi: 10.1016/j.ajic.2013.04.007

Table 1. Key finding and baseline characteristics of all health care workers divided by group: “Hand hygiene prior to gloving” and “direct gloving”.

	All health care workers (N = 230)	Hand hygiene prior to gloving (n = 115)	Direct gloving (n = 115)	P value
Key finding:
Glove contamination postgloving (CFU)	7.48	6.9	8.1	.52^*
Baseline characteristics:
Baseline hand contamination (CFU)	139.44	131	148	.6^†
Health care worker type, n (%)				.9
Nursing staff	127/225 (56.4)	60/111 (53)	67/114 (58.8)
Physician	30/225 (13.3)	16/111 (14.4)	14/114 (12.3)
Other	68/225 (30.2)	35/111 (31)	33/114 (29)
Time since shift commencement, hours, n (%)				.4
0-5	143/226 (63.8)	69/114 (60.4)	74/112 (66.1)
>5	83/226 (36.7)	45/114 (39.5)	38/112 (34)

CFU, Colony-forming units.

Negative binomial log linear regression model.

^†

Student t test.