Table 1.
Touch counts for each of 10 surfaces, per encounter
| # encouters (N) | Patient (%) | Bed-surface (%) | Bedrail (%) | Wall shelf (%) | Tray table (%) | Door (%) | In-room Computer (%) | Vitals Machine (%) | Computer On Wheels (%) | Intravenous Pump (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Medical oncology | 49 | 149 (21.0) | 38 (5.4) | 50 (7.0) | 23 (3.2) | 50 (7.0) | 13 (1.8) | 0 (0.0) | 61 (8.6) | 205 (28.9) | 106 (14.9) |
| Mixed medical | 35 | 168 (28.1) | 36 (6.0) | 49 (8.2) | 11 (1.8) | 22 (3.7) | 13 (2.2) | 0 (0.0) | 60 (10.0) | 184 (30.8) | 47 (7.9) |
| Mixed medical-surgical | 52 | 157 (30.3) | 30 (5.8) | 58 (11.2) | 16 (3.1) | 29 (5.6) | 25 (4.8) | 0 (0.0) | 34 (6.6) | 113 (21.8) | 37 (7.1) |
| SICU | 34 | 123 (31.6) | 38 (9.8) | 60 (15.4) | 4 (1.0) | 52 (13.4) | 0 (0.0) | 41 (10.5) | 3 (0.8) | 10 (2.6) | 37 (9.5) |
| MICU | 74 | 194 (25.1) | 140 (18.1) | 133 (17.2) | 42 (5.4) | 42 (5.4) | 0 (0.0) | 37 (4.8) | 14 (1.8) | 45 (5.8) | 82 (10.6) |
| Medical telemetry | 30 | 59 (18.4) | 20 (6.3) | 25 (7.8) | 14 (4.4) | 28 (8.8) | 39 (12.2) | 0 (0.0) | 41 (12.8) | 77 (24.1) | 17 (5.3) |
| Sum Totals | 274 | 850 (25.7) | 302 (9.1) | 375 (11.3) | 110 (3.3) | 223 (6.7) | 90 (2.7) | 78 (2.4) | 213 (6.4) | 634 (19.2) | 326 (9.9) |
| Average Touches per Encounter | 3.1 | 1.1 | 1.4 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.7a | 0.8 | 2.3 | 1.2 |
aThe In-room Computer was only in the ICU, so the average number of touches per encounter was calculated using the total number of encounters from the ICU only