Reproducibility and workability of the European test standard EN 12791 regarding the effectiveness of surgical hand antiseptics: A randomized, multicenter trial

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 935-939

  Rotter, Manfred ^a   Kundi, Michael ^a   Suchomel, Miranda ^a   Harke, Hans Peter ^b   Kramer, Axel ^d   Ostermeyer, Christiane ^c   Rudolph, Peter ^d   Sonntag, Hans Günther ^e   Werner, Heinz Peter ^f  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b SCHÜLKE AND MAYR GMBH   (Germany)

^c Bode Chemie GmbH   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^f HYGCEN GERMANY GMBH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 PROPANOL; ALCOHOL; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CHLORHEXIDINE GLUCONATE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISINFECTION; HAND WASHING; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; LABORATORY; MULTICENTER STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SKIN FLORA;

2-PROPANOL; ADULT; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; BACTERIA; CHLORHEXIDINE; ETHANOL; HANDWASHING; HUMANS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33749032151     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/507283     Document Type: Article

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