Volume 9, Number 2—February 2003
Research
Influence of Role Models and Hospital Design on the Hand Hygiene of Health-Care Workers
Mary G. Lankford*†, Teresa R. Zembower‡, William E. Trick§, Donna M. Hacek*†, Gary A. Noskin*†‡, and Lance R. Peterson*†‡
Table 2
Comparison of characteristics for health-care workers who performed hand hygiene to those who did not perform hand hygiene, Northwestern Memorial Hospital
| Variable | Hand hygiene |
Odds ratio (95% confidence interval) | p value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yes (n=258) (%) | No (n=463) (%) | |||
| Glove use |
176 (68) |
127 (27) |
5.7 (4.0 to 8.0) |
<0.001 |
| Hand hygiene on room entrya |
42 (16) |
18 (3.9) |
4.8 (2.6 to 8.9) |
<0.001 |
| Invasive procedure performed |
34 (13) |
25 (5.4) |
4.4 (2.3 to 8.7) |
<0.001 |
| Old hospital |
161 (62) |
143 (31) |
3.7 (2.7 to 5.2) |
<0.001 |
| Patient contact |
130 (50) |
132 (29) |
2.6 (1.8 to 3.5) |
<0.001 |
| Nurse |
135 (52) |
219 (47) |
1.2 (0.9 to 1.7) |
0.2 |
| Physician |
60 (23) |
127 (27) |
0.8 (0.6 to 1.2) |
0.2 |
| In room with a higher ranking person who did not perform hand hygiene | 12 (4.7) | 77 (17) | 0.2 (0.1 to 0.5) | <0.001 |
aNot recorded for a single observation.
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