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Increase in Hand-Alcohol Consumption Among Medical Staff in a General Hospital as a Result of Introducing a Training Program and a Visualization Test

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Christian Conrad
Christian Conrad*
Affiliation:
Infection Control Department, General Hospital, Schaffhausen, Switzerland
*
Infection Control, General Hospital, CH-8208 Schaffhausen, Switzerland
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Abstract

To assess the impact of training programs, including a visualization test for hand disinfection, we monitored the hand-alcohol consumption of medical staff. The consumption increased steadily from 5.7 L of hand alcohol per capita per year in 1990 to 9.1 L in 1998. There was no significant increase in skin problems.

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Concise Communication
Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 22 , Issue 1 , January 2001 , pp. 41
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2001

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