Table 3. Hand hygiene and use of personal protective equipment in supermarkets in Kampala Capital City and Mukono Municipality, Uganda.

Description	Attribute	Frequency (n = 229)	Percentage (%)
Hand hygiene
Supplies available for ensuring adherence to hand hygiene in the supermarket*	Soap	201	87.8
	Sanitiser	77	33.6
	Alcohol-based hand rub	67	29.3
	Chlorine	5	2.2
	Water	203	88.6
Hand washing facilities placed at the entrance of the supermarket	Yes	218	95.2
	No	11	4.8
Functionality of the Hand washing facility (n = 218)	Yes	213	97.7
	No	5	2.3
All customers wash their hands before accessing the supermarket	Yes	90	39.3
	No	139	60.7
Hand washing facility is well drained (n = 213)	Yes	201	94.4
	No	12	5.6
Supermarket periodically monitors and records adherence to hand hygiene and provides feedback to personnel regarding their performance	Yes	37	16.2
	No	192	83.8
Supermarket has posters explaining the indications for hand hygiene	Yes	74	32.3
	No	155	67.7
Supermarket has posters explaining the correct use of hand rub or hand sanitizer	Yes	63	27.5
	No	166	72.5
Supermarket has posters explaining correct hand washing technique	Yes	74	32.3
	No	155	67.7
Personal Protective Equipment
Supermarket has sufficient and appropriate PPE available and readily accessible to staff	Yes	147	64.2
	No	82	35.8
PPE correctly used by the supermarket staff (n = 147)	Yes	80	54.4
	No	67	45.6
Supermarket provides disposable gloves to clients to use during the shopping	Yes	8	3.5
	No	221	96.5
All customers use the disposable gloves during their shopping (n = 8)	Yes	2	25.0
	No	6	75.0

*multiple responses were captured.