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Table 1 Demographics of participants of three “Train-the-Trainers in hand hygiene” courses conducted in Japan between 2020 and 2022

From: Train-the-Trainers in hand hygiene facilitate the implementation of the WHO hand hygiene multimodal improvement strategy in Japan: evidence for the role of local trainers, adaptation, and sustainability

 

1st TTT

(N = 74)

2nd TTT

(N = 35)

3rd TTT

(N = 49)

Total

(N = 158)

Profession

Nurses

62 (83.8%)

26 (74.3%)

43 (87.8%)

131 (82.9%)

Physician

9 (12.2%)

5 (14.3%)

2 (4.1%)

16 (10.1%)

Others*

3 (4.1%)

4 (11.4%)

4 (8.2%)

11 (7.0%)

Affiliation type

University hospital

22 (29.7%)

6 (17.1%)

10 (20.4%)

38 (24.1%)

Community hospital

44 (59.5%)

28 (80.0%)

36 (73.5%)

108 (68.4%)

Others

8 (10.8%)

1 (2.9%)

3 (6.1%)

12 (7.6%)

Affiliation location

Hokkaido/Tohoku

4 (5.4%)

1 (2.9%)

1 (2.0%)

6 (3.8%)

Kanto

48 (64.9%)

19 (54.3%)

14 (28.6%)

81 (51.3%)

Chubu

4 (5.4%)

4 (11.4%)

16 (32.7%)

24 (15.2%)

Kinki

6 (8.1%)

6 (17.1%)

17 (34.7%)

29 (18.4%)

Chugoku

4 (5.4%)

1 (2.9%)

1 (2.0%)

6 (3.8%)

Kyushu and Okinawa

8 (10.7%)

4 (11.4%)

0 (0%)

12 (7.6%)

  1. *Others included pharmacists (N = 3), laboratory technicians (N = 2), physical therapists (N = 2), an emergency medical technician, and employees of healthcare industrial companies (N = 3)