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Hand Hygiene Compliance 2019-2020:

Fiscal 2019 - 2020

	Hospital site	# of times hand hygiene performed	Compliance rate
Moment #1 Before initial patient/patient environment contact	University Hospital	8098	95.18%
	Victoria Hospital	10557	94.58%
Moment #4 After patient/patient environment contact	University Hospital	8557	97.39%
	Victoria Hospital	11940	96.31%

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