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Table 3 Hand hygiene categories used in analysis

From: Hand hygiene during facility-based childbirth in Cambodia: a theory-driven, mixed-methods observational study

Hygiene Category

Hand hygiene action

Adequate hand hygiene

Hands washed with soap and new gloves (multiple or single) worn at each hand hygiene opportunity, no potential recontamination of gloved and/or washed hands observed

Inadequate hand hygiene

Gloves (multiple or single) are changed, no handwashing with soap in between glove changing

Aseptic technique invalidated

No hand hygiene actions taken at observed hand hygiene opportunity