A pre- and post-intervention study of infection control in equine hospitals in Sweden

Table 1 Infection control procedures in equine hospitals before/after an intervention

Hospital	A	B	C	D
Dress code¹	+/+⁷	+/+	−⁷/+	+/0⁷
Personal appearance²	+/+	+/+	−/+	+/0
Hand hygiene³	+/+	+/+	−/+	+/0
Disposable gloves⁴	+/+	+/+	+⁶/+	+/0
Cleaning regulations	+/+	+/+	−/+	+/0
Extended⁵	+/+	+/+	−/−	-/0
Reading and signing the procedures	+/+	+/+	−/−	-/0

¹Short-sleeved working clothes, except in cold weather, changed regularly or if dirty.
²No rings/wrist watches, short nails without polish, long hair tied back, etc.
³Hand washing of visibly dirty hands, otherwise hand disinfection, prior to operations and between patients.
⁴Gloves used at risk of contamination, handling dressings and wounds, inserting catheters etc.
⁵Additional procedures, such as cleaning/disinfection of instruments etc.
⁶Non-documented procedure for glove use, split in two, at insertion of IV catheters and in wound treatment.
⁷+ = routine established, − = not established, 0 = not reported.

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