Volume 10, Number 2—February 2004
THEME ISSUE
2004 SARS Edition
Infection Control
SARS Transmission among Hospital Workers in Hong Kong
Joseph T.F. Lau*
, Kitty S. Fung*, Tze Wai Wong*, Jean H. Kim*, Eric Wong*, Sydney Chung*, Deborah Ho*, Louis Y. Chan*, S.F. Lui†, and Augustine Cheng*
, Kitty S. Fung*, Tze Wai Wong*, Jean H. Kim*, Eric Wong*, Sydney Chung*, Deborah Ho*, Louis Y. Chan*, S.F. Lui†, and Augustine Cheng*
Table 2
Percentage with inconsistent hand hygienea
| Category | Control (n = 143) |
Case (n = 72) |
Matched OR (exact 95% CI) |
p value
(exact) |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | n | % | |||
| After direct contact with SARS patients |
0 |
0 |
2 |
2.8 |
4.83 (0.38 to ∞) |
0.2222 |
| After direct contact with “patients in general”b |
2 |
1.4 |
1 |
1.4 |
1.00 (0.02 to 19.21) |
1.0000 |
| When there was “no patient contact”c | 3 | 2.1 | 10 | 14.3 | 6.38 (1.64 to 36.17) | 0.0044 |
aOR, odds ratio; CI, confidence interval; SARS, severe acute respiratory syndrome.
bInformation on 3 controls missing.
cInformation on 1 control and 2 case missing.
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