Hand hygiene behavior in a tertiary university hospital: differences between surgical and nonsurgical departments

Safety in Health

Table 5 Alcohol-based hand rub consumption over three years (baseline: 2011; follow up period 2012 and 2013) in intensive care units¹ and wards of the University Hospital Graz¹ compared with reference centers² in Germany, Switzerland and Austria

	Patient days (PD)	Yearly consumption Of HH in L	Consumption HH in ml/PD	Mean number of HH/PD¹	Reference centers consumption						Mean number
	Patient days (PD)	Yearly consumption Of HH in L	Consumption HH in ml/PD	Mean number of HH/PD¹	Mean	*P10	P25	P50	P75	P90	HH/PD²
*Intensive Care Units*
2011	43.610	4.595	105	35	95	51	68	88	111	146	32
2012	50.024	5.043	101	34	104	57	73	95	123	159	35
2013	51.152	5.528	108	36	109	57	75	98	127	167	36
*Words*
2011	360.505	9.541	26	9	23	11	15	21	28	40	8
2012	360.866	10.186	28	9	24	12	17	22	30	43	8
2013	356.250	10.950	31	10	25	13	17	23	32	45	8

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