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Table 2 Rates of hand hygiene compliance (%) from 2005 to 2015 in Belgian intensive care units (ICU) participating in nationwide hand hygiene campaigns

From: Belgian hand hygiene campaigns in ICU, 2005–2015

 

Campaign 2005

Campaign 2007

Campaign 2009

Campaign 2011

Campaign 2013

Campaign 2015

Before

After

Before

After

Before

After

Before

After

Before

After

Before

After

Opportunities (N)

 N observed opportunities (ICU)

5149

4358

6310

4776

4167

3548

5221

4553

18898

19174

18775

13121

Compliance rates

 Overall national compliance (%)

49.6

68.6

53.2

69.5

58.0

69.4

62.3

72.9

64.1

75.8

69.1

77.7

 Overall ICU compliance (%)

49.6

67.0

53.7

65.9

59.6a

67.3a

62.7

74.2

69.8

77.5

72.0

80.2

By type of healthcare worker

 Nurse

53.8

69.2

59.5

68.8

63.1a

73.3a

65.8

76.7

73.0

80.1

75.2

81.8

 Nursing assistant

53.7a

55.3a

60.0a

57.6a

44.3a

76.8

66.2

75.1

67.1a

77.7a

80.0a

75.8a

 Physician

40.4

57.7

38.5

56.3

53.1a

53.5a

54.5

56.6

59.0

65.9

61.2

70.6

 Physiotherapist

51.8a

70.2a

57.1a

68.0a

62.7a

71.6a

63.6

78.1

73.0

77.9

72.4

79.3

 Other

25.8

70.9

33.8a

45.6a

55.1a

47.8a

45.2a

52.8a

53.5

68.6

63.5

74.1

By hand hygiene indication

 Before patient contact

39.3

54.0

44.8a

60.7a

50.5a

59.6a

52.2

68.6

62.7

71.5

64.1

75.2

 After patient contact

64.3

80.5

68.2a

77.6a

71.3a

78.1a

76.3

82.1

81.8

86.0

82.6

87.8

 Before aseptic procedure

34.0

48.7

36.9a

47.1a

43.3a

53.3a

45.7

64.4

56.9

65.8

59.1

70.7

 After body fluid exposure

64.4

85.1

65.0a

70.0a

67.6a

81.1a

72.6

84.4

77.1

85.1

77.6

82.5

 After contact with patient environment

45.3

61.9

50.0a

60.0a

55.7

65.1

64.8

65.4

65.6

77.6

69.9

76.8

  1. aNo significant difference