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Michael Behnke1, Petra Gastmeier, Christine Geffers
1National Reference Center for Surveillance of Nosocomial Infections, Berlin, Germany.
Abstract:
Germany established a national surveillance system for alcohol-based hand rub consumption (AHC) in 2008. In 2010, the median AHC was 83 mL/patient-day in 543 intensive care units (ICUs) and 18 mL/patient-day in 4,638 non-ICUs. There was a median increase in AHC of 35.9% (P < .01) in 159 hospitals that participated in the surveillance system for 4 years.
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