Long-term effect of a 1.5 minute surgical hand rub with a propanol-based product on the resident hand flora

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 84-85

  Rotter, M L ^a   Kampf, G ^b,c   Suchomel, M ^a   Kundi, M ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b Bode Chemie GmbH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 PROPANOL; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CYSTEINE; DILUENT; HISTIDINE; MECETRONIUM ETHYLSUFATE; POLYSORBATE 80; PROPANOL; SAPONIN; STERILLIUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISINFECTION; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HAND INFECTION; HAND WASHING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LETTER; LONG TERM CARE; MICROFLORA; NORMAL HUMAN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VOLUNTEER;

1-PROPANOL; 2-PROPANOL; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; BACTERIA; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CROSS INFECTION; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; HAND; HANDWASHING; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; SKIN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34247538313     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2007.02.012     Document Type: Letter

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