Establishment of a national surveillance system for alcohol-based hand rub consumption and change in consumption over 4 years

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2012 Jun;33(6):618-20. doi: 10.1086/665729. Epub 2012 Apr 19.

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.

Publication types

  • Evaluation Study
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Alcohols*
  • Anti-Infective Agents, Local*
  • Benchmarking
  • Drug Utilization / trends*
  • Germany
  • Hand Disinfection / methods*
  • Hand Disinfection / standards
  • Hospital Units / standards
  • Hospital Units / trends*
  • Humans
  • Infection Control / methods*
  • Infection Control / standards
  • Intensive Care Units / standards
  • Intensive Care Units / trends
  • Retrospective Studies

Substances

  • Alcohols
  • Anti-Infective Agents, Local