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

Table 3

Comparison of compliance to hand hygiene in patient contacts when gloves were used.

Use of gloves	Compliance to prior HH when the use of gloves was indicated (n/N, %)		χ^2, value
	Preintervention	Postintervention
Gloves with prior HH	49/210 (23.4)	202/227 (89)	192.3335, <0.001^s
Gloves without prior HH (HH was missed when gloves were used)	102/210 (48.6)	21/227 (9.24)	93.1012, <0.001^s
Missed wearing gloves but was indicated	59/210 (28)	4/227 (1.76)	61.3083, <0.001^s

s = significant.