Table 5.
Factors associated with the respect of the WHO’s hand hygiene opportunities (“the five moments for HH in health care”) on second year
| Variable | Incomplete respect (n = 117) | Full respect (n = 125) | p-value | Hazard ratio | 95% confidence interval | p’-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Univariate | Logistic regression | |||||
| Personal feedback with UV cabinet (%) | 50.0 | 65.3 | 0.016 | 1.88 | 1.10–3.21 | 0.02 |
| Female gender (%) | 60.5 | 67.8 | 0.247 | – | – | – |
| Age ± SD (years) | 21 ± 2.6 | 21 ± 1.8 | 0.254 | – | – | – |
| New Hand hygiene formation (%) | 41.6 | 33.1 | 0.179 | 0.70 | 0.40–3.20 | 0.20 |
| Extra-university use of UV cabinet (%) | 22.1 | 21.2 | 0.863 | – | – | – |
| Infectious disease unit traineeship (%) | 17.7 | 17.8 | 0.985 | – | – | – |
| Surgical unit traineeship (%) | 66.1 | 58.5 | 0.235 | – | – | – |
| Intensive care unit traineeship (%) | 11.5 | 12.7 | 0.779 | – | – | – |
| Care of a patient needing contact precautions (%) | 71.7 | 72.9 | 0.839 | – | – | – |
| Care of a patient hospitalized for nosocomial infection (%) | 17.7 | 13.7 | 0.401 | – | – | – |
| Familiarity with alcoholic solution for HH (%) | 73.5 | 82.2 | 0.109 | 0.55 | 0.88–3.18 | 0.11 |
p value = comparison by univariate test between the group with incomplete respect versus the group with complete respect of the WHO’s HH opportunities
p’-value: p-value by the multivariate logistic regression
Abbreviations: SD standard deviation, UV Ultraviolet, HH Hand hygiene