Table III. Disinfectant use among nurses working in hospitals, according to hospital characteristics (n=4,110).
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| >=200 | 2840 | 56 | 1 | 1 | - | 23 | 1 | 1 | - |
| 50-199 | 1029 | 61 | 1.20 | 1.20 | 1.03-1.40 | 23 | 1.00 | 1.01 | 0.85-1.21 |
| <50 | 241 | 68 | 1.67 | 1.69 | 1.23-2.32 | 25 | 1.16 | 1.21 | 0.84-1.76 |
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| Northeast | 1237 | 58 | 1 | 1 | - | 25 | 1 | 1 | - |
| West | 695 | 58 | 1.01 | 1.00 | 0.83-1.22 | 22 | 0.86 | 0.85 | 0.68-1.07 |
| Midwest | 1361 | 59 | 1.02 | 1.00 | 0.85-1.18 | 22 | 0.89 | 0.89 | 0.73-1.07 |
| South | 817 | 57 | 0.94 | 0.94 | 0.78-1.12 | 21 | 0.82 | 0.81 | 0.65-1.00 |
| Urban/Rural | |||||||||
| Urban | 3622 | 58 | 1 | 1 | - | 23 | 1 | 1 | - |
| Adjacent to urban | 315 | 66 | 1.45 | 1.18 | 0.90-1.55 | 24 | 1.06 | 0.99 | 0.72-1.38 |
| Rural | 173 | 51 | 0.77 | 0.66 | 0.48-0.90 | 21 | 0.89 | 0.86 | 0.56-1.31 |
Logistic regression with unadjusted odds ratios (OR) and mutually-adjusted odds ratios (adjOR) with GEE to take into account clustering among nurses working in the same hospital. Results in bold are statistically significant.