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Handrub Consumption Mirrors Hand Hygiene Compliance

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 March 2016

Sebastian Haubitz ,
Andrew Atkinson ,
Tanja Kaspar ,
Doris Nydegger ,
Anne Eichenberger ,
Rami Sommerstein  and
Jonas Marschall
Sebastian Haubitz*
Affiliation:
Department of Infectious Diseases, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Switzerland Division of Infectious Diseases, Kantonsspital Aarau, Aarau, Switzerland
Andrew Atkinson
Affiliation:
Department of Infectious Diseases, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Switzerland
Tanja Kaspar
Affiliation:
Department of Infectious Diseases, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Switzerland
Doris Nydegger
Affiliation:
Department of Infectious Diseases, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Switzerland
Anne Eichenberger
Affiliation:
Institute of Hospital Pharmacy, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, Switzerland.
Rami Sommerstein
Affiliation:
Department of Infectious Diseases, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Switzerland
Jonas Marschall
Affiliation:
Department of Infectious Diseases, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Switzerland
*
Address correspondence to Sebastian Haubitz, MD, Division of Infectious Diseases, Kantonsspital Aarau, Tellstrasse, 5000 Aarau, Switzerland (sebastian.haubitz@gmail.com).
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Abstract

We assessed handrub consumption as a surrogate marker for hand hygiene compliance from 2007 to 2014. Handrub consumption varied substantially between departments but correlated in a mixed effects regression model with the number of patient-days and the observed hand hygiene compliance. Handrub consumption may supplement traditional hand hygiene observations.

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2016;37:707–710

Type
Concise Communications
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 37 , Issue 6 , June 2016 , pp. 707 - 710
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© 2016 by The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. All rights reserved 

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Footnotes

Presented in part: IDWeek 2015; San Diego, California; October 7-11, 2015.

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