Compliance with handwashing at two intensive care units in São Paulo
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2006-02-01
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Furtado, Guilherme H.c. 
Santana, Solange L.
Coutinho, Ana Paula
Perdiz, Luciana B.
Wey, Sergio Barsanti
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Handwashing compliance was compared at two medical- surgical intensive care units (ICUs) of a teaching and a non-teaching hospital. The mean compliance was 22.2% and 42.6%, respectively. Respiratory therapists at the non-teaching hospital had the best handwashing compliance (52.6%). Nursing assistants at the teaching hospital had the worst compliance (11.5%). Nursing assistant was the only health-care worker category with a significant difference between the two ICUs (odds ratio = 6.0; 95% confidence interval = 3.83-9.43; p< 0.001).
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Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases. Brazilian Society of Infectious Diseases, v. 10, n. 1, p. 33-35, 2006.