Table 3 Education and compliance with hand hygiene (n = 1,282)
Item | Category |  | Total | Compliant n = 436 | Noncompliant n = 846 | P value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pre-employment education on infection | Received adequate education | n (%) | 114 (9.0) | 61 (14.0) | 53 (6.4) | 0.000 |
Received education | 505 (39.8) | 183 (42.0) | 322 (38.6) | Â | ||
Received education, but not adequate | 391 (30.8) | 123 (28.2) | 268 (32.1) | Â | ||
Yet to receive education | 193 (15.2) | 48 (11.0) | 145 (17.4) | Â | ||
Unsure | 67 (5.3) | 21 (4.8) | 46 (5.5) | Â | ||
Pre-employment education on hand washing | Received adequate education | n (%) | 153 (12.1) | 78 (17.9) | 75 (9.0) | 0.000 |
Received education | 548 (43.2) | 196 (45.0) | 352 (42.2) | Â | ||
Received education, but not adequate | 331 (26.1) | 89 (20.5) | 242 (29.0) | Â | ||
Yet to receive education | 162 (12.8) | 50 (11.0) | 112 (13.4) | Â | ||
Unsure | 75 (5.9) | 22 (5.1) | 53 (6.4) | Â | ||
Post-employment education on infection | Received training | n (%) | 941 (74.5) | 333 (77.6) | 608 (72.9) | 0.068 |
Yet to receive training | 322 (25.5) | 96 (22.4) | 226 (27.1) | Â | ||
Received training within the past year | n (%) | 745 (60.1) | 274 (65.4) | 471 (57.4) | 0.007 | |
Received no training within the past year | 494 (39.9) | 145 (34.6) | 349 (42.6) | Â | ||
Post-employment education on hand washing | Received training | n (%) | 907 (72.1) | 337 (78.9) | 570 (68.6) | 0.000 |
Yet to receive training | 351 (27.9) | 90 (21.1) | 261 (31.4) | Â | ||
Received training within the past year | n (%) | 712 (57.8) | 267 (64.2) | 445 (54.5) | 0.001 | |
Received no training within the past year | 520 (42.2) | 149 (35.8) | 371 (45.5) | Â |