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Amount of Alcohol-Based Hand Rub Used and Incidence of Hospital-Acquired Bloodstream Infection in a Danish Hospital

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Sussie Laustsen ,
Brian Kristensen ,
Ane Marie Thulstrup ,
Jens Kjolseth Moller  and
Bo Martin Bibby
Sussie Laustsen*
Affiliation:
Department of Clinical Microbiology, Aarhus University Hospital, Skejby, Aarhus, Denmark
Brian Kristensen
Affiliation:
Department of Clinical Microbiology, Aarhus University Hospital, Skejby, Aarhus, Denmark
Ane Marie Thulstrup
Affiliation:
Department of Occupational Medicine, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark
Jens Kjolseth Moller
Affiliation:
Department of Clinical Microbiology, Aarhus University Hospital, Skejby, Aarhus, Denmark
Bo Martin Bibby
Affiliation:
Department of Biostatistics, University of Aarhus, Aarhus, Denmark
*
Department of Clinical Microbiology, Aarhus University Hospital, Skejby, Brendstrupgaardsvej 100, DK-8200 Aarhus N, Denmark (sussie.laustsen@ki.au.dk; suslaust@rm.dk)
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Abstract

We investigated the association between the amount of alcohol-based hand rub (hereafter, “hand rub”) used and the incidence of healthcare-acquired bloodstream infection (HCR-BSI) from 2004 through early 2008. The amount of hand rub used increased significandy, and the incidence of HCR-BSI remained stable. There was no significant association between the amount of hand rub used and the incidence of HCR-BSI.

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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 30 , Issue 10 , October 2009 , pp. 1012 - 1014
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2009

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