Evaluation of two methods of determining the efficacies of two alcohol-based hand rubs for surgical hand antisepsis

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 72, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 3856-3861

  Kampf, Günter ^a,b   Ostermeyer, Christiane ^a   Heeg, Peter ^c   Paulson, Daryl ^d  

^a Bode Chemie GmbH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^d BioScience Laboratories Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLS; BACTERIA; DRUG PRODUCTS; ETHANOL; HEALTH CARE; SAMPLING;

ALCOHOL-BASED HAND RUBS; MECETRONIUM ETILSULFATE; MONOGRAPH; SURGICAL HAND ANTISEPSIS;

SURGICAL EQUIPMENT;

2 PROPANOL; ALCOHOL; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; MECETRONIUM ETHYL SULFATE; PROPANOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; DISINFECTION; ETHANOL;

ANTISEPSIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL FLORA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISINFECTION; EVALUATION; HAND WASHING; HUMAN;

DISINFECTANTS; ETHANOL; HANDWASHING; HUMANS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 33745128734     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02746-05     Document Type: Article

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