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Table 2 Contact times with hand hygiene products observed during 1343 hand hygiene attempts in veterinary clinics

From: Video observation of hand hygiene practices during routine companion animal appointments and the effect of a poster intervention on hand hygiene compliance

  

Product contact time (s)

HH product

Percent of HH attempts observed (n)

n1

Mean

Q1

Q2

Q3

Range

Water alone

5 (63)

63

2

1

2

2

1-11

Soap

88 (1182)

1180

4

1

2

6

1-49

ABHR

7 (98)

87

8

3

7

13

1-30

  1. HH = hand hygiene, ABHR = alcohol-based hand rub, Q = quartile.
  2. 1denotes the number of HH attempts for which contact time was measurable based on the available video.
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BMC Veterinary Research

ISSN: 1746-6148

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