Hand Hygiene Practices among Medical Students

Table 3

Hand hygiene awareness among medical students.

Moments of hand hygiene	Male students (𝑛=36)			Female students (𝑛=24)
	Yes	No	Not sure	Yes	No	Not sure
(1) Before abdominal examination	28 (77.8%)	2 (5.6%)	6 (16.6%)	18 (75%)	3 (12.5%)	3 (12.5%)
(2) Before blood sample extraction with gloved hands.	15 (41.7%)	7 (19.4%)	14 (38.9%)	12 (50%)	1 (4.2%)	11 (45.8%)
(3) After dressing the wound with gloved hands.	21 (58.3%)	3 (8.3%)	12 (33.3%)	13 (54.2%)	2 (8.3%)	9 (37.5%)
(4) After shaking hands with patients at the end of detailed history taking session	13 (36.1%)	4 (11.1%)	19 (52.8%)	15 (62.5%)	3 (12.5%)	6 (25%)
(5) After touching apparently clean linen bedding or food package in the patient’s room.	16 (44.4%)	14 (38.9%)	6 (16.7%)	17 (70.8%)	2 (8.3%)	5 (20.8%)
Average	18.6 (51.7%)	6 (16.7%)	11.4 (31.7%)	15 (62.5%)	2.2 (9.2%)	6.8 (28.3%)