A nationwide inventory of the availability of alcohol-based handrub in Dutch acute care hospitals
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Methods We performed a descriptive study of alcohol-based handrub availability across 24 Dutch acute care hospitals to verify if difficult access could explain the national low compliance rate (19%). In each hospital the proportion of patient rooms with dispensers and the proportion of patient beds with point of care dispensers on an internal medicine, surgery, pediatrics and intensive care unit (ICU) ward was measured as well as the handrub consumption of the entire hospital. Hospitals reported the interventions they applied to increase compliance.
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