Alcohol Hand Rub Consumption Surveillance
Surveillance of consumption of alcohol-based hand washing gels in acute hospitals. Data from entire facility in litres per each quarter supplied to HPSC. Results as rates, expressed as litre per 1000 Bed-days used per hospital are published quarterly.
**Purpose:** In scope: To support overall multi-faceted strategy for the control and prevention of infectious diseases by providing standardised measure of alcohol hand gel consumption for acute hospitals.
**Coverage:** 32 acute hospitals regularly contribute to the data.
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- Health Protection Surveillance Centre
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- Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike
Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Access Rights | http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/access-right/PUBLIC |
| Frequency | http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/frequency/ANNUAL |
| Id | d9285fe5-7736-4c9c-8b5f-e86c2165ec76 |
| Identifier | NDC-0006 |
| Isopen | True |
| Issued | 2011-01-01 |
| License Id | cc-by-sa |
| License Title | Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike |
| License Url | http://www.opendefinition.org/licenses/cc-by-sa |
| Max Typical Age | 75 |
| Metadata Created | 2026-03-19T17:16:51.784672 |
| Metadata Modified | 2026-03-19T17:16:51.784676 |
| Min Typical Age | 15 |
| Modified | 2024-09-30 |
| Name | alcohol-hand-rub-consumption-surveillance-6 |
| Notes | Surveillance of consumption of alcohol-based hand washing gels in acute hospitals. Data from entire facility in litres per each quarter supplied to HPSC. Results as rates, expressed as litre per 1000 Bed-days used per hospital are published quarterly. **Purpose:** In scope: To support overall multi-faceted strategy for the control and prevention of infectious diseases by providing standardised measure of alcohol hand gel consumption for acute hospitals. **Coverage:** 32 acute hospitals regularly contribute to the data. |
| Num Resources | 0 |
| Num Tags | 3 |
| Number Of Records | 1801208 |
| Number Of Unique Individuals | 377855 |
| Private | False |
| Provenance | Infection prevention and control staff, pharmacists or stores managers provide data on a quarterly basis, of the total amount of alcohol had rub used in litres. An MS Excel template is used for data entry. HPSC provide rates in litres per 1000 bed-days used. |
| Title | Alcohol Hand Rub Consumption Surveillance |
| Type | dataset |
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