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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Contact points
Contact point 1
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Name
Health Protection Surveillance Centre
Email
data@health-protection-su.ie
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Publisher
Publisher 1
URI
Name
Health Protection Surveillance Centre
Email
URL
Type
http://purl.org/adms/publishertype/NationalAuthority
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Homepage
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Release date January 1, 2011
Modification date September 30, 2024
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Identifier NDC-0006
Frequency http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/frequency/ANNUAL
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.
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Temporal coverage
Temporal coverage 1
Start
January 1, 2011
End
June 12, 2024
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Spatial coverage 1
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http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/country/IRL
Label
Ireland
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Access rights http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/access-right/PUBLIC
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  1. http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/data-theme/HEAL
Language
  1. http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/ENG
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  1. http://health.europa.eu/ehds/category/registries
  2. http://health.europa.eu/ehds/category/ehr
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  1. http://health.europa.eu/theme/chronic-disease
  2. http://health.europa.eu/theme/mental-health
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Minimum typical age 15
Maximum typical age 75
Number of records 1801208
Number of records for unique individuals. 377855
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