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Table 9 Mean percentage compliance for core processes of a reprocessing cycle

From: Compliance of primary and secondary care public hospitals with standard practices for reprocessing and steam sterilization of reusable medical devices in Nepal: findings from nation-wide multicenter clustered audits

Core processes of reprocessing cycle

Hospital types

Percentage Compliance

Standard Error

95% Confidence Interval

Lower

Upper

Transport of used devices

All hospitals

26.1%

5.6%

13.7%

38.5%

Zonal hospitals

27.3%

17.7%

0.0%

66.8%

District hospitals

23.4%

6.4%

9.0%

37.7%

District-level hospitals

35.7%

7.2%

19.8%

51.7%

Cleaning and disinfection

All hospitals

45.8%

2.2%

40.8%

50.7%

Zonal hospitals

54.6%

3.2%

47.5%

61.8%

District hospitals

46.5%

3.0%

39.9%

53.2%

District-level hospitals

37.8%

1.5%

34.5%

41.0%

Inspection and packaging

All hospitals

10.9%

2.3%

5.7%

16.1%

Zonal hospitals

19.8%

6.2%

6.0%

33.5%

District hospitals

12.3%

3.1%

5.4%

19.2%

District-level hospitals

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

Sterilization (autoclaving)

All hospitals

9.0%

1.5%

5.7%

12.3%

Zonal hospitals

11.1%

0.3%

10.5%

11.6%

District hospitals

10.2%

1.9%

6.0%

14.4%

District-level hospitals

2.9%

2.8%

0.0%

9.1%

Transport and storage

All hospitals

39.3%

5.5%

27.0%

51.6%

Zonal hospitals

43.9%

4.2%

34.5%

53.3%

District hospitals

37.9%

7.7%

20.7%

55.1%

District-level hospitals

42.3%

2.2%

37.3%

47.2%