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Table 1 Observed hand hygiene opportunities and actions within post-natal care ward

From: Hygiene along the continuum of care in the early post-natal period: an observational study in Nigeria

 

Hand Hygiene Opportunities

n

Hand hygiene actions

n (%)

Adequatea

Inadequateb

No Action

All observations

 Mothers

61

2 (3)

11 (18)

48 (79)

 Fathers

37

0 (0)

0 (0)

37 (0)

 Healthcare workers

84

1 (1)

12 (14)

71 (84)

 Cleaners

6

0 (0)

0 (0)

6 (100)

 Visitors

103

0 (0)

0 (0)

103 (100)

Total

291

3 (1)

23 (8)

265 (91)

Maternal carec

 Mothers

16

0 (0)

3 (19)

13 (81)

 Fathers

0

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

 Healthcare workers

57

1 (2)

6 (10)

50 (88)

 Cleaners

1

0 (0)

0 (0)

1 (100)

 Visitors

5

0 (0)

0 (0)

5 (100)

Total

79

1 (1)

9 (12)

69 (87)

Newborn cared

 Mothers

45

2 (4)

8 (18)

35 (78)

 Fathers

37

0 (0)

0 (0)

37 (100)

 Healthcare workers

27

0 (0)

6 (22)

21 (78)

 Cleaners

5

0 (0)

0 (0)

5 (100)

 Visitors

98

0 (0)

0 (0)

98 (100)

Total

212

2 (1)

14 (7)

196 (92)

  1. aAdequate hand hygiene action includes washing hands with soap and washing hands with soap and wearing clean gloves for aseptic procedures
  2. bInadequate hand hygiene action includes rinsing hands without using soap or wearing gloves for aseptic procedures without handwashing with soap prior to donning gloves
  3. cMaternal care includes contact by the healthcare workers, intramuscular injections, IV-related procedures, changing perineal pads, and emptying urine pan
  4. dNewborn care includes direct cord contact via cord cleaning or cord inspection and newborn handling (changing newborn’s diapers, cleaning newborns bottom following defecation, picking up and putting newborn down, rubbing newborn’s body with body oils and powders, cleaning newborn’s eyes, changing newborn’s clothes, drying newborn with cloth, wiping newborn’s face)