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. 2017 Jul 31;97(4):1033–1042. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.17-0208

Table 7.

Accessibility of hand hygiene materials in surveyed health-care facilities

Ethiopia Kenya Mozambique Rwanda Uganda Zambia
Presence of handwashing station 0.62 (0.59, 0.64) 0.74 0.35 (0.34, 0.36) 0.96 (0.94, 0.98) 0.82 (0.78, 0.86) 0.78
Presence of water for handwashing
 Always 0.58 (0.54, 0.61) 0.86 0.65 (0.64, 0.66) 0.88 (0.84, 0.93) 0.60 (0.54, 0.65) 0.72
 Sometimes 0.42 (0.39, 0.46) 0.14 0.33 (0.32, 0.34) 0.12 (0.07, 0.16) 0.28 (0.33, 0.45) 0.28
 Never 0.00 0.00 0.01 (0.01, 0.02) 0.00 0.01 (0.01, 0.02) 0.00
Presence of soap or ash for handwashing
 Always 0.50 (0.46, 0.53) 0.44 0.61 (0.59, 0.62) 0.71 (0.64, 0.77) 0.48 (0.42, 0.54) 0.27
 Sometimes 0.47 (0.44, 0.51) 0.43 0.29 (0.28, 0.30) 0.22 (0.17, 0.28) 0.28 (0.23, 0.34) 0.60
 Never 0.03 (0.02, 0.04) 0.13 0.10 (0.09, 0.11) 0.07 (0.04, 0.11) 0.23 (0.19, 0.28) 0.14
Presence of hygienic hand-drying materials
 Always 0.22 (0.19, 0.25) 0.18 0.23 (0.22, 0.24) 0.08 (0.05, 0.12) 0.08 (0.05, 0.12) 0.27
 Sometimes 0.24 (0.21, 0.27) 0.14 0.04 (0.04, 0.05) 0.14 (0.10, 0.19) 0.08 (0.05, 0.12) 0.60
 Never 0.53 (0.50, 0.57) 0.68 0.73 (0.72, 0.74) 0.77 (0.72, 0.83) 0.83 (0.79, 0.88) 0.13
Water and soap or ash, sometimes present 0.97 (0.89, 1.00) 0.87 0.90 (0.89, 0.91) 0.93 (0.89, 0.96) 0.81 (0.77, 0.85) 0.87
Water and soap or ash, always present 0.45 (0.41, 0.48) 0.43 0.43 (0.42, 0.45) 0.63 (0.57, 0.70) 0.34 (0.29, 0.40) 0.25
Water and soap or ash and drying materials, sometimes present 0.45 (0.38, 0.51) 0.32 0.26 (0.24, 0.27) 0.22 (0.17, 0.28) 0.17 (0.12, 0.22) 0.87
Water and soap or ash and drying materials, always present 0.18 (0.15, 0.20) 0.15 0.19 (0.18, 0.20) 0.08 (0.05, 0.12) 0.06 (0.03, 0.09) 0.25