Abstract
We evaluated the costs associated with a sustained and successful campaign for hand hygiene promotion that emphasized alcohol-based handrubs. The total cost of the hand hygiene promotion corresponded to less than 1% of the costs associated with nosocomial infections. Successful hand hygiene promotion is probably cost-saving.
MeSH terms
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Alcohols / economics*
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Alcohols / therapeutic use
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Anti-Infective Agents, Local / economics*
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Anti-Infective Agents, Local / therapeutic use
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Cross Infection / economics
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Cross Infection / prevention & control*
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Follow-Up Studies
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Hand Disinfection / methods*
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Health Education / economics
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Health Promotion / economics
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Humans
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Hygiene / economics
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Infection Control / economics*
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Infection Control / methods
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Personnel, Hospital / education*
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Switzerland
Substances
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Alcohols
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Anti-Infective Agents, Local