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Table 2 Distribution of the 36 intensivists according to hand hygiene (HH) and gloving compliance in the course of the catheter insertion, according to the occurrence of an insertion site marking and the participation of the operator to the skin antisepsis (each row corresponds to a specific observation sequence described in the successive columns

From: Ultrasound guidance practices used for the placement of vascular accesses in intensive care units: an observational multicentre study

N HCWs

Insertion site marking

Participating in skin antisepsis

Insertion of the catheter

 

N HCWs

Compliant HH

N HCWs

Compliant HH

Gloving

Gloves' removal

Compliant HH

New sterile gloves

Adequate HH and gloving

8

1

1

8

8

8

8

8

8

8

1

1

0

1

1

1

1

1*

1

1

12

12

6

12

3

12

0

0

0

0

3

1

1

3

3

3

3

0

3

0

2

2

2

2

0

0

0

0

1

1

0

1

0

1

0

0

0

0

3

2

0

3

3

3

5

2

1

0

5

0

1

1

1

0

1

0

36

21

10

27

17

27

15

12

21

12

  1. For example, in the first row, it involves 8 healthcare workers who perform hand hygiene and appropriate donning of sterile gloves (columns on the right side of the table) with the description of their practices from the site marking stage to the end of the antisepsis phase)
  2. *One intensivist carried out double gloving during skin antisepsis and removed one pair of gloves before catheter insertion, what was considered acceptable practice