Efficacy of handrubbing with alcohol based solution versus standard handwashing with antiseptic soap: Randomised clinical trial

British Medical Journal

Volumn 325, Issue 7360, 2002, Pages 362-365

  Girou, Emmanuelle ^a   Loyeau, Sabrina ^a   Legrand, Patrick ^a   Oppein, Françoise ^a   Brun Buisson, Christian ^a  

^a HENRI MONDOR HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; SOAP;

ADULT; ANTISEPSIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FINGER; FRANCE; HAND PALM; HAND WASHING; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL HYGIENE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SKIN DECONTAMINATION;

ALCOHOLS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BACTERIA; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CROSS INFECTION; DISINFECTANTS; HAND; HANDWASHING; HUMANS; HYGIENE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; NURSING STAFF; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOAPS;

EID: 0037125622     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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