Table 3 Alcoholic hand-rub consumption and Clostridioides (C.) difficile cases in hospitals of the core group** in 2017–2019

Alcoholic hand-rub consumption in ml/patient day

 Mean^c

42.75

45.05

45.48

35.4

37.58

37.8

 Median

 [IQR]

43.43 (36.71; 46.20)

42.41 (37.25; 55.05)

41.86 (33.98; 56.67)

0.1084

33.09 (28.41; 40.86)

36.08 (29.90; 43.09)

35.61 [31.92, 43.17]

 < 0.0001

C. difficile cases

Total C. difficile cases^d (cases/ 100 patients)*

 Mean^c

0.44

0.46

0.33

0.56

0.5

0.4

 Median

 [IQR]

0.30 [0.24; 0.41]

0.26 [0.21; 0.39]

0.24 [0.18; 0.36]

0.0043

0.38 [0.26; 0.57]

0.34 [0.22; 0.52]

0.29 [0.18; 0.40]

 < 0.0001

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

 Mean^c

0.33

0.3

0.23

0.38

0.33

0.26

 Median

 [IQR]

0.21 [0.15; 0.35]

0.21 [0.17; 0.28]

0.19 [0.15; 0.26]

0.034

0.32 [0.19; 0.47]

0.28 [0.16; 0.44]

0.22 [0.11; 0.33]

 < 0.0001