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Table 4 Number of contacts per occupational category

From: Contact among healthcare workers in the hospital setting: developing the evidence base for innovative approaches to infection control

Occupational Category

Admin/Sup

Nurses

Other HCW

Physicians %

Total %

Question ↓

A1) Direct contact with patients per day

1019

1159

459

262

2899

A2) Direct contact with > 20 patients per day (% of A1)

261 (25.6%)

260 (22.4%)

106 (23.0%)

88 (33.6%)

715 (24.7%)

B1) Direct contact with any one patient per day

1022

1158

458

262

2900

B2) > 20 min of direct contact with any one patient per day (% of B1)

71 (6.9%)

781 (67.4%)

237 (51.7%)

77 (29.4%)

1166 (40.2%)

C1) Indirect contact with patients per day

985

1140

449

249

2823

C2) Indirect contact with > 20 patients per day (% of C1)

225 (22.8%)

274 (24.0%)

130 (29.0%)

60 (24.1%)

689 (24.4%)

D1) Direct contact with HCWs/day

1012

1140

445

243

2840

D2) Direct contact with > 20 HCWs/day (% of D1)

223 (22.0%)

253 (22.2%)

127 (28.5%)

34 (14.0%)

637 (22.4%)