Observational study of patient and surgeon preoperative preparation in ten companion animal clinics in Ontario, Canada

Table 4 Product contact times during surgeon preps ^a recorded using video observation in 10 companion animal clinics

			Soap & water surgeon preps^a				Alcohol-based surgeon preps^a
Clinic	No. of surgeons	Total surgeon preps	n	Mean contact time (s)	Median contact time (s)	Range (s)	n	Mean contact time (s)	Median contact time (s)	Range (s)
1	4	17^b	8	41	34	22 - 90	6	12	10	4 - 25
2	2	30^c	29	40	34	11 - 79	-	-	-	-
3	1	4	4	154	140	134 - 200	-	-	-	-
4	2	8	8	145	142	68 - 217	-	-	-	-
5	4	23	23	119	134	7 - 216	-	-	-	-
6	2	3	3	127	139	89 - 153	-	-	-	-
7	2	8^d	7	210	200	96 - 402	-	-	-	-
8	10	81^e	46	261	274	28 - 529	31	38	27	11 - 123
9	1	9	9	25	29	10 - 35	-	-	-	-
10	3	7	7	88	93	41 - 120	-	-	-	-
Total	31	190	144	121^f	122^g	7 - 529	37	25^f	19^g	4 - 123
Total	31	190	144	144^h	124ⁱ	7 - 529	37	34^h	25ⁱ	4 - 123

^apreoperative surgeon preparation procedures (scrub or rub of hands +/− arms).
^b2 alcohol preps were started but not completed in view of the camera, surgeon gloved without prepping for one procedure (all cat neuters).
^chands rinsed with water only for 1 procedure (cat neuter).
^dregloving alone performed for one procedure without additional prep.
^e3 soap & water preps were started but not completed in view of the camera, regloving alone performed for one procedure without additional prep.
^faverage of the means for each clinic.
^gaverage of the medians for each clinic.
^hoverall mean.
ⁱoverall median.

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