From: Handrub dispensers per acute care hospital bed: a study to develop a new minimum standard
All hospitals (n = 110) | Hospitals with < 200 beds (n = 70) | Hospitals with 200–500 beds (n = 30) | Hospitals with > 500 beds (n = 10) | |
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Location of ABHR* dispensers | ||||
Entrance (%) | 92 (84) | 58 (83) | 26 (87) | 7 (70) |
Near the sink (%) | 81 (74) | 47 (67) | 25 (83) | 9 (90) |
Within 1 m-radius from the bed (%) | 31 (28) | 19 (27) | 5 (17) | 7 (70) |
At bedside (%) | 26 (24) | 19 (27) | 5 (17) | 2 (20) |
Elsewhere (for example trolleys) (%) | 14 (13) | 10 (14) | 2 (7) | 2 (20) |
Number of mounted dispensers | ||||
Per room, mean (SD, range) | 1.8 (0.8; 1–4) | 2 (0.8; 1–4) | 1 (0.8; 1–4) | 2 (1; 1–3) |
Per bed, mean (SD, range) | 2.4 (3; 0.4–22.2) | 2.5 (3.6; 0.8–22.2) | 2.1 (1; 0.7–5.3) | 2.1 (1.5; 0.4–4.9) |
Pocket dispenser use > 60% | 28 (26) | 14 (20) | 10 (33) | 4 (40) |
HH* compliance monitoring | 68 (62) | 37 (53) | 25 (83) | 5 (50) |