Table 1.
Declared practices of hygiene and analysis of viral contamination of MPs used by healthcare workers at the University Hospital of Saint-Étienne, France
| Practice | Paediatric ward |
Adult ward |
p | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paramedical staff | Medical staff | Paramedical staff | Medical staff | ||
| Use of MP (personal or professional) at hospital (%) | 20/22 (90.9%) | 33/34 (97.1%) | 33/37 (89.2%) | 21/21 (100%) | NS |
| PMP | 4/20 (20.0%) | 17/33 (51.5%) | 6/33 (18.2%) | 16/21 (76.2%) | <0.0001a |
| DECT | 18/20 (90.0%) | 29/33 (87.9%) | 32/33 (97.0%) | 20/21 (95.2%) | NS |
| Use of MP (personal or professional) during care (%) | 9/22 (40.9%) | 18/34 (52.9%) | 28/37 (75.7%) | 18/21 (85.7%) | <0.001b |
| Hand hygiene never performed before its use | 3/9 (33.3%) | 5/18 (27.8%) | 8/28 (28.6%) | 5/18 (27.8%) | NS |
| Hand hygiene never performed after its use | 3/9 (33.3%) | 6/18 (33.3%) | 11/28 (39.3%) | 7/18 (38.9%) | NS |
| Never disinfect their MP (personal or professional) | |||||
| PMP | 1/4 (25.0%) | 4/17 (23.5%) | 2/6 (33.3%) | 6/16 (37.5%) | NS |
| DECT | 10/18 (55.6%) | 15/29 (51.7%) | 5/32 (15.6%) | 8/20 (40.0%) | <0.005b |
| Halt care provision to answer a call on MP (own or shared) (%) | 9/22 (40.9%) | 25/34 (73.5%) | 25/37 (67.6%) | 19/21 (90.5%) | <0.005a |
| Hand hygiene never performed after its use in this context | 1/9 (11.1%) | 4/25 (20.0%) | 8/25 (32.0%) | 5/19 (26.3%) | NS |
| Detection of virus on at least one MPc | 10/15 (66.7%) | 19/34 (55.9%) | 1/19 (3.4%) | 7/21 (33.3%) | <0.0005b |
| PMP | 3/3 (100%) | 5/12 (41.7%) | 0/3 (0%) | 5/11 (45.5%) | NS |
| DECT | 7/12 (58.3%) | 14/22 (63.6%) | 1/16 (6.3%) | 2/10 (20%) | <0.05b |
DECT, digital enhanced cordless telephone; MP, mobile phone; PMP, personal mobile phone.
a
Medical vs. paramedical staff, whatever the department.
b
Paediatric vs. adult ward.
c
In the 89 healthcare workers who provided sampling of at least one MP at the time of interview.