Provision and consumption of alcohol-based hand rubs in European hospitals S. Hansen, F. Schwab, P. Gastmeier D. Pittet, W. Zingg, H. Sax, P. Gastmeier, S. Hansen, H. Grundmann, B. van Benthem, T. van der Kooi, M. Dettenkofer, M. Martin, H. Richet, E. Szilágyi, O.E. Központ, P.B. Heczko, A. Holmes, Y. Kyratsis, R. Ahmad, B. Allegranzi, A. Magiorakos, B. Cookson, A.W. Wu S. Hansen, F. Schwab, P. Gastmeier D. Pittet, W. Zingg, H. Sax, P. Gastmeier, S. Hansen, H. Grundmann, B. van Benthem, T. van der Kooi, M. Dettenkofer, M. Martin, H. Richet, E. Szilágyi, O.E. Központ, P.B. Heczko, A. Holmes, Y. Kyratsis, R. Ahmad, B. Allegranzi, A. Magiorakos, B. Cookson, A.W. Wu Clinical Microbiology and Infection Volume 21, Issue 12, Pages 1047-1051 (December 2015) DOI: 10.1016/j.cmi.2015.09.019 Copyright © 2015 European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases Terms and Conditions
Fig. 1 Correlation between alcohol-based hand rub (AHR) consumption and the availability of AHR dispensers (≤75%/>75%), stratified by type of unit: intensive-care unit (ICU) (n = 285, Wilcoxon rank sum test, p 0.014), medical ward (MW) (n = 375, Wilcoxon rank sum test, p < 0.001), and surgical ward (SW) (n = 377, Kruskal–Wallis test, p < 0.001). The Prevention of Hospital Infections by Intervention and Training (PROHIBIT) survey. PD, patient-day. Clinical Microbiology and Infection 2015 21, 1047-1051DOI: (10.1016/j.cmi.2015.09.019) Copyright © 2015 European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases Terms and Conditions