Comparison of waterless hand antisepsis agents at short application times: Raising the flag of concern

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 160-164

  Dharan, Sasi ^a   Hugonnet, Stéphane ^a   Sax, Hugo ^a   Pittet, Didier ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTISEPSIS; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GEL; HAND WASHING; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMIDIFIER; HYGIENE; INFECTION CONTROL; SKIN DECONTAMINATION;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ETHANOL; GELS; HANDWASHING; HUMANS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037348754     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/502182     Document Type: Article

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