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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2018 Feb 27;39(5):571–577. doi: 10.1017/ice.2018.21

Table 3.

Consumption of Volume of Alcohol-Based Hand Rub (ABHR) per Conscious Resident per Week in 10 Residential Care Homes for the Elderly Under the Category of Intervention Arm (5 Homes) and Nonintervention Arm (5 Homes)

ABHR
Consumption		 ABHR per Resident
per Week in the
Intervention Arm,
mean mL ± SD		 ABHR per Resident per
Week in the
Nonintervention Arm,
mean mL ± SD		 P
Value
Baseline 19.7 ± 12.6a 18.8 ± 15.5b .921
Week 1 29.9±11.0 10.1 ± 6.5 .008
Week 2 55.2 ± 15.2 18.6 ± 16.1 .006
Week 3 63.6±12.6 25.6±19.2 .006
Week 4 73.3 ± 21.2 27.1 ±35.1 .036
Week 5 64.2±22.1 24.0 ± 20.1 .018
Week 6 69.2±35.1 34.5 ± 33.3 .148
Overall,
 weeks 1–6		 59.3 ± 12.9a 23.3 ±17.2b .006

note. SD, standard deviation.

a

The volume of ABHR consumption per resident per week was statistically higher compared with the baseline (P < .001).

b

The volume of ABHR consumption per resident per week was not statistically difference compared with the baseline (P = .207).