Table 2 Alcoholic hand-rub consumption and Clostridioides (C.) difficile cases in intervention hospitals (n = 30) vs. control hospitals (n = 330) before, during and after intervention, 2017–2019

Alcoholic hand-rub consumption in ml/patient day

 Mean^a

40.75

42.49

45.43

36.62

36.85

38

 Median

 [IQR]

38.58

[33.59; 44.99]

40.23

[34.00; 51.60]

41.87

[35.01; 56.58]

33.43

[28.29; 40.80]

35.52

[29.47; 42.06]

35.75

[31.60; 43.24]

C. difficile cases

Total C. difficile cases (cases/ 100 patients)^b

 Mean^a

0.43

0.47

0.33

0.57

0.51

0.4

 Median

 [IQR]

0.30

[0.24; 0.41]

0.30

[0.21; 0.43]

0.24

[0.18; 0.36]

0.38

[0.26; 0.58]

0.35

[0.22; 0.53]

0.29

[0.18; 0.40]

Incidence density hospital-associated C. difficile cases (hospital-associated cases /1000 patient days)

 Mean^a

0.32

0.32

0.23

0.38

0.34

0.26

 Median

 [IQR]

0.22

[0,17; 0,33]

0.21

[0.18; 0.33]

0.19

[0.15; 0.26]

0.32

[0.20; 0.48]

0.29

[0.16; 0.45]

0.22

[0.11; 0.33]