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)