Amount of alcohol-based hand rub used and incidence of hospital-acquired bloodstream infection in a danish hospital.

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Amount of alcohol-based hand rub used and incidence of hospital-acquired bloodstream infection in a danish hospital.

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2009 Oct;30(10):1012-4

Authors: Laustsen S, Kristensen B, Thulstrup AM, Møller JK, Bibby BM

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 significantly, 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.

PMID: 19732009 [PubMed - in process]

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