Handrub Consumption Mirrors Hand Hygiene Compliance. (29th March 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Haubitz, Sebastian; Atkinson, Andrew; Kaspar, Tanja; Nydegger, Doris; Eichenberger, Anne; Sommerstein, Rami; Marschall, Jonas
• Is Part Of: Infection control and hospital epidemiology. Volume 37:Number 6(2016)
• Page Start: 707
• Page End: 710
• Publication Date: 2016-03-29
• Subjects: Nosocomial infections -- Epidemiology -- Periodicals; Health facilities -- Sanitation -- Periodicals; Hospital buildings -- Sanitation -- Periodicals; Cross Infection -- Periodicals; Epidemiology -- Periodicals; Hospitals -- Periodicals; Infection Control -- Periodicals; 614.44
• DOI: 10.1017/ice.2016.47
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0899-823X

Abstract

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