Decrease in Healthcare-associated Infections and Cost Savings Attributed to the Hand Hygiene Program.

aPredicted by Poisson regression model described in Methods and Text S1.
bAll monetary values are expressed in US dollars. The average exchange rate in 2007: 1 US dollar = 32.842 New Taiwan dollars, 1 Euro = 44.952 New Taiwan dollars.
cThe salaries were limited to the proportion of working hours of infection control nurses spent for the hand hygiene audits, not include those of infection control nurses in planning and education and not include those of infectious disease specialists.
dVariable costs including soap, water and materials used for drying hands (e.g., towels) were not included.8
eBased on a case-control study conducted at this hospital and two local hospitals in Taiwan.18