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Table 2 The mean difference percentage of hand hygiene between both groups

From: The effect of training and awareness of subtle control on the frequency of hand hygiene among intensive care unit nurses

Moments of hand hygiene compliance

Control group

Intervention group

P-value

Mean ± SD

Mean ± SD

Before touching a patient

9.2 ± 28

8.2 ± 23.2

0.02

Before a clean/aseptic procedure

10.4 ± 18.5

23.5 ± 17.2

0.03

After body fluid exposure risk

5.1 ± 15.2

8.9 ± 20.6

0.36

After touching a patient

10 ± 22.5

16.5 ± 16

0.30

After touching patient surroundings

6.0 ± 14

5.5 ± 14.4

0.73

Total

7.7 ± 10.7

17.4 ± 6.9

0.001

  1. The mean difference percentage = (mean percentage of hand hygiene compliance after the intervention) − (mean percentage of hand hygiene compliance before the intervention)
  2. Mann–Whitney U was used