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Table 5 Adherence in percent to hand disinfection guidelines before and after hygiene opportunities

From: The application of evidence-based measures to reduce surgical site infections during orthopedic surgery - report of a single-center experience in Sweden

 

Before

After

Total (n1)

Invasive procedure

6.2%

17.7%

226

Handling sterile products

7.1%

 

28

Adherence/professional category

Anesthesiologist

6.5%

3.7%

58

Anesthetic nurses

1.5%

10.3%

136

Nurse assistants

13.9%

27.8%

72

Surgical nurses

23

43

63

Use of non-sterile protective gloves

Yes (clean)

Yes (used 2 )

 
 

30.3%

19.2%

132

Risk of transmission of micro-organisms

 

76.6%

141

  1. 1 Total number of observations.
  2. 2 Gloves already being used prior to the invasive procedure.
  3. 3 Very low numbers of observations.