Table II. Disinfectant use among nurses according to type of workplace (n=8,851).

	Work in a hospital
	No (n=4,279)	Yes (n=4,572)	OR	95% CI
Weekly use of disinfectants*, %
To clean surfaces (n=4,352)	40	58	2.06	1.89-2.24
To clean instruments (n=1,669)	15	23	1.70	1.53-1.90
Weekly use of sprays*, %
Any spray (n=1,668)	21	17	0.74	0.66-0.82
Spray for cleaning/disinfection† (n=1,169)	16	12	0.72	0.63-0.81
Weekly use of specific disinfectants / cleaning products‡, %
Alcohol (n=3,235)	35	41	1.31	1.20-1.43
Hypochlorite bleach (n=1,571)	17	24	1.61	1.45-1.79
Quats (n=1,036)	9	15	1.80	1.57-2.06
Hydrogen peroxide (n=696)	7	10	1.42	1.22-1.67
Glutaraldehyde (n=555)	6	7	1.26	1.06-1.50
Formaldehyde (n=286)	2	5	3.35	2.53-4.43
Ortho-phtalaldehyde (n=353)	3	5	1.59	1.28-1.98
Enzymatic cleaners (n=284)	3	4	1.47	1.16-1.88
Phenolics (n=165)	1	3	1.96	1.41-2.71
“Green” products§ (n=375)	6	4	0.60	0.48-0.74
Peracetic acid (n=103)	1	2	3.40	2.14-5.42
Acetic acid (n=190)	2	2	0.90	0.68-1.20
Ammonia (n=99)	1	1	1.20	0.81-1.79
Ethylene oxide (n=33)	0.3	0.5	1.91	0.93-3.95
Chloramine T (n=17)	0.1	0.3	1.77	0.65-4.78

Results in bold are statistically significant.

^*Missing for <1% of participants.

^†Use of spray for instrument or surface cleaning/disinfection

^‡Range of missing values rates for specific disinfectants was 3% (quats) to 7% (“green” products).

^§“Green” products as evaluated by the participants (i.e. the questionnaire did not refer to specific green or environmentally preferable labels).