Table 1.
Demographical and clinical aspects of the patients operated in the pre-intervention and intervention phases of the study
| Patients characteristics | Pre-intervention phase | Intervention phase | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Surgical scrub (n = 132) |
Alcohol-based surgical hand preparation (n = 99) |
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| Number | Percent | Number | Percent | |
| Sex | ||||
| Male | 74 | 56.0 | 62 | 62.6 |
| Female | 58 | 44.0 | 37 | 37.4 |
| Age (years)a | 53.7 (25.0–65.9) | 46.9 (20. 4-63.5) | ||
| Surgical specialty | ||||
| Orthopedics | 76 | 57.6 | 70 | 70.7 |
| Cardiac | 56 | 42.4 | 29 | 29.3 |
| Post-discharge follow-up | 114 | 86.4 | 73 | 73.7 |
| Duration of surgery (min)a | 180 (122–263) | 200 (130–255) | ||
| Duration of extracorporeal circulation (min)a (n = 41) | 115 (80–140.5) | 125 (95–155) | ||
| Preoperative length of stay (days)a | 2 (1-8) | 2 (1-4) | ||
| Body Mass Index – BMI | 26.7 (23. 8-31.7) | 27.2 (23. 2-30.5) | ||
| Technical complication during procedure | 5 | 3.8 | 1 | 1 |
| Urgent procedure | 8 | 6 | 8 | 8.1 |
| Chronic hepatopathy | 2 | 1.5 | 5 | 5 |
| Malignancy | 10 | 7.6 | 5 | 5 |
| Diabetes Mellitus | 32 | 24.2 | 27 | 27.3 |
| Use of immunosuppressive drug | 5 | 3.8 | 2 | 2 |
| Smoking | 31 | 23.5 | 20 | 20.2 |
aMedian (interquartile range)