Hand rub consumption has almost doubled in 132 German hospitals over 9 years

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2017, Pages 870-872

  Wetzker, Wibke ^a   Walter, Janine ^a   Bunte Schönberger, Karin ^a   Schwab, Frank ^a   Behnke, Michael ^a   Gastmeier, Petra ^a   Reichardt, Christiane ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; HAND SANITIZER;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION STUDY; HAND DISINFECTION; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; GERMANY; HAND WASHING; HOSPITAL; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS;

GERMANY; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HAND HYGIENE; HAND SANITIZERS; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS;

EID: 85020062746     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: 15596834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/ice.2017.71     Document Type: Article

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