Table 1. Hand-hygiene observations and compliance, handrub use, and health-care-associated infections, Finland, 2013–2018.

Year	No. of observations	No. of observations where compliance with hand hygiene was recorded	Hand-hygiene compliance, % (95% CI)	Litres of handrub used/ 1000 patient-days	No. of health-care-associated infections	No. of health-care-associated infections/ 1000 patient-days (95% CI)
2013	3617	2762	76.4 (74.8–77.6)	57	2 012	14.2 (13.4–14.9)
2014	7906	6479	82.0 (81.1–82.8)	68	2 003	13.6 (13.0–14.2)
2015	8599	7358	85.6 (84.8–86.3)	63	1 987	13.2 (12.7–13.8)
2016	11 346	9522	83.9 (83.2–84.6)	67	2 005	13.0 (12.4–13.6)
2017	10 436	9087	87.1 (86.4–87.7)	73	1 901	12.2 (11.6–12.7)
2018	10 211	9034	88.5 (87.8–89.1)	74	1 831	11.7 (11.2–12.2)
Total	52 115	44 242	84.9 (84.6–85.2)	67	11 739	12.9 (12.7–13.1)

CI: confidence interval.