Research Article
Improvement of Hand Hygiene Practices among the Healthcare Workers in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
Table 1
Frequency and characteristics of patient contacts.
| Characteristics of HCWs | HH opportunity (n/N, %) | Preintervention | Postintervention |
| Job category | Doctor | 135/312 (43.3) | 91/339 (26.8) | Nurse | 177/312 (56.7) | 248/339 (73.2) | Gender | Male | 53/312 (17) | 29/339 (8.6) | Female | 259/312 (83) | 310/339 (91.4) | Category of patient contact | Preplanned | 312/340 (91.76) | 339/361 (93.9) | Emergency | 28/340 (8.24) | 22/361 (6.1) | Diurnal period of observation | Day time | 227/312 (72.8) | 146/339 (43.1) | Night time | 85/312 (27.2) | 193/339 (56.9) |
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