Improvement of Hand Hygiene Practices among the Healthcare Workers in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

Table 2

Changes in the pattern of hand hygiene action.

Pattern of HH	Observation period (n/N, %)		χ^2	value
	Preintervention	Postintervention
Hand wash (HW)	87/312 (27.9)	59/339 (17.4)
Hand rub (HR)	113/312 (36.2)	253/339 (74.6)	13.4642	0.000243^s
Missing prior HH action	112/312 (35.9)	27/339 (8.0)	75.4885	<0.001^s

s = significant.