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Table 1 Hand hygiene compliance per hospital during baseline and intervention

From: Hand hygiene improvement of individual healthcare workers: results of the multicentre PROHIBIT study

Hospital

Number of HCWs

HH compliance (%) during baseline

HH compliance (%) after intervention

Percentage points change in overall HH compliance (95% confidence interval)

Proportion of improving HCWs (%)

Proportion of non-changing HCWs (%)

Proportion of worsening HCWs (%)

A

52

44.1

48.7

4.7 (0.84–8.5)

32.7

51.9

15.4

B

64

16.7

34.7

18.0 (15.1–20.9)

82.8

4.7

12.5

C

28

36.6

49.0

12.4 (8.3–16.5)

71.4

14.3

14.3

D

21

47.1

78.6

31.5 (24.9–38.2)

95.2

4.8

0.0

E

25

62.7

90.9

28.3 (22.6–33.9)

68.0

28.0

4.0

F

36

62.2

79.8

17.5 (13.4–21.7)

61.1

38.9

0.0

G

54

55.5

69.2

13.7 (10.1–17.3)

46.3

42.6

11.1

Total

280

43.1

58.7

15.6 (14.0–17.2)

62.1

28.2

9.6

  1. HCW healthcare worker, HH hand hygiene