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Table 2 Opportunities, missed hand hygiene opportunities glove use, proportions and confidence interval according to moments

From: Hand hygiene compliance in a Brazilian COVID-19 unit: the impact of moments and contact precautions

Moments

Opportunities

Missed actions

n (%)

Frequency of glove use

Proportion of glove use during missed HH actions (%) (CI)

1-Before touching a patient

229

220 (96.1)

132

60.0

    

(53.5–66.5)

2-Before clean/aseptic procedures

160

158 (88.8)

135

86.0

    

(80.6–91.4)

3-After body fluid exposure/risk

201

157 (78.1)

95

60.5

    

(52.9–68.2)

4-After touching a patient

178

119 (66.9)

34

28.57

    

(20.5–36.7)

5-After touching patient surroundings

86

53 (61.3)

8

15.09

    

(5.5–24.7)

6-Before putting on PPE

164

139 (84.8)

NA

 

7-After removing PPE

167

26 (15.6)

NA

 
  1. CI, confidence interval; NA, not applicable