Nosocomial infections: knowledge and source of information among clinical health care students in Ghana

Figures & data

Table 1 Kruskal–Wallis test comparison of knowledge of different student groups on nosocomial infection, standard precautions, and hand hygiene

Variable	Physiotherapy mean %	Radiotherapy mean %	Nursing mean %	Medicine mean %	H	P value
Nosocomial	45.5 ± 2.7	49.4 ± 1.4	47.6 ± 2.0	64.8 ± 1.9	1.011	0.798
Standard precaution	87.3 ± 1.9	83.2 ± 2.6	79.9 ± 1.9	90.3 ± 1.1	14.410	0.024^a
Hand hygiene	62.0 ± 1.1	61.6 ± 2.0	56.6 ± 2.5	56.6 ± 1.1	0.713	0.870
Total	65.0 ± 2.1	61.7 ± 2.0	61.3 ± 2.3	70.6 ± 0.6

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a P < 0.05