Acute care patients who noticed that hospital staff always washed their hands before caring for them

Table

Unit %

Year 2023
Province
New Brunswick
74.4
73.4 - 75.5
Hospitals
The Moncton Hospital
70.9
68.1 - 73.6
St. Joseph's Hospital
86.3
82.2 - 90.3
Saint John Regional Hospital
76.2
74.4 - 78.1
Dr. Everett Chalmers Regional Hospital
73.7
71.0 - 76.3
Upper River Valley Hospital
65.8
60.0 - 71.6
Miramichi Regional Hospital
79.5
74.4 - 84.7
Dr. Georges-L.-Dumont University Hospital Centre
70.3
66.6 - 74.1
Edmundston Regional Hospital
76.5
72.5 - 80.5
Campbellton Regional Hospital
61.5
53.6 - 69.3
Tracadie Hospital
S
Chaleur Regional Hospital
81.5
77.3 - 85.7
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
70.9
68.7 - 73.1
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
77.1
75.4 - 78.9
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
72.2
69.8 - 74.6
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
77.0
73.3 - 80.8
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
61.5
53.7 - 69.2
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
79.7
75.7 - 83.7
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
79.5
74.4 - 84.7
Regional Health Authorities
Horizon Health Network
74.6
73.3 - 75.8
Vitalité Health Network
74.0
71.9 - 76.2
Age
18-64
71.0
69.3 - 72.8
65 and over
78.2
77.1 - 79.4
Sex at birth
Female
71.3
69.8 - 72.8
Male
78.8
77.3 - 80.2
Language
Preferred language of service: English
73.8
72.6 - 75.0
Preferred language of service: French
74.9
72.3 - 77.6
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
68.5
60.5 - 76.4
Education level
High school or less
79.5
78.1 - 80.9
Postsecondary
70.4
68.8 - 72.0
n/a = Not applicable / not available
S = Data suppressed due to confidentiality requirements and/or small sample size

About

This indicator is the percentage of acute care patients who noticed that hospital staff always washed their hands before caring for them.

Source

New Brunswick Health Council, Hospital Acute Care Survey

Calculations

This indicator is calculated by dividing the number of respondents who answered "yes, always" by the number of respondents who answered "yes, always, yes, sometimes or never" to the question: Did you notice staff wash or disinfect their hands before caring for you?

Unit

%

Interpretation

Higher is better

NBHC code

AU_SAF04_1

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