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Table 2 Identified risk indicators

From: A large-scale assessment of hand hygiene quality and the effectiveness of the “WHO 6-steps”

No.

Hypothesis tested

Incidence

Odds

Significance

  

higher by

ratio

 

1

Male staff have higher incidence of unsatisfactory hand washing than females

51% (95% CI 32%–62%)

1.82 (95% CI 1.49–2.22)

p<0.001

2

Environmental service workers have higher incidence of unsatisfactory hand washing than all other job categories counted together

32% (95% CI 21%–45%)

1.49 (95% CI 1.14–1.96)

p<0.001

3

Staff aged –40 and 60+ have higher incidence of unsatisfactory hand washing than those aged 40–60

21% (95% CI 11%–30%)

1.29 (95% CI 1.05–1.58)

p=0.001

  1. These risk indicators were found significant and relevant. Corresponding confidence intervals are shown in Figure 3.
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