Hand hygiene in hospitals: an observational study in hospitals from two southern states of India

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Table 3 Percentage facilities with availability of hand hygiene protocols in newborn care units and Labour room^a

	Total	Type		Level		Load
	Total	Private	Public	Secondary	Tertiary	Low	Medium	High
	N = 44, %	N = 17, %	N = 27, %	N = 23, %	N = 21, %	N = 9, %	N = 23, %	N = 12, %
Available in newborn units	98	100	96	96	100	100	96	92
Adopted from standards	86	81	88	91	80	89	77	91
Written guidelines	88	87	88	91	85	78	86	91
Protocols displayed	81	94	72	67	95	89	77	73
	N = 35, %	N = 5, %	N = 30, %	N = 26, %	N = 9, %	N = 7, %	N-12, %	N = 16, %
Available in labour rooms	88	80	90	88	89	71	100	87
Adopted from standards	68	50	71	74	50	20	83	71
Written guidelines	64	75	63	61	75	80	75	50
Protocols displayed	71	100	67	65	87	80	75	64

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