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Hand Rub Consumption Has Almost Doubled in 132 German Hospitals Over 9 Years

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2017

Wibke Wetzker ,
Janine Walter ,
Karin Bunte-Schönberger ,
Frank Schwab ,
Michael Behnke ,
Petra Gastmeier  and
Christiane Reichardt
Wibke Wetzker*
Affiliation:
Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Institut für Hygiene und Umweltmedizin, Berlin, Germany.
Janine Walter
Affiliation:
Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Institut für Hygiene und Umweltmedizin, Berlin, Germany.
Karin Bunte-Schönberger
Affiliation:
Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Institut für Hygiene und Umweltmedizin, Berlin, Germany.
Frank Schwab
Affiliation:
Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Institut für Hygiene und Umweltmedizin, Berlin, Germany.
Michael Behnke
Affiliation:
Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Institut für Hygiene und Umweltmedizin, Berlin, Germany.
Petra Gastmeier
Affiliation:
Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Institut für Hygiene und Umweltmedizin, Berlin, Germany.
Christiane Reichardt
Affiliation:
Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Institut für Hygiene und Umweltmedizin, Berlin, Germany.
*
Address correspondence to Wibke Wetzker, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Institut für Hygiene und Umweltmedizin, Hindenburgdamm 27, D-12203 Berlin, Germany (wibke.wetzker@charite.de).
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Abstract

Annual surveillance data (2007–2015), collected continuously in 132 German hospitals, was evaluated for development of alcohol-based hand-rub consumption (AHC) as a surrogate parameter for hand hygiene adherence. Overall, the median increase in AHC was 94%. The increases over 9 years were significant in all units and quartiles of AHC at baseline.

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2017;38:870–872

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Concise Communications
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 38 , Issue 7 , July 2017 , pp. 870 - 872
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© 2017 by The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. All rights reserved 

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