Surgical hand rub: Influence of duration of application on the immediate and 3-hours effects of n-propanol and isopropanol

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 289-293

  Suchomel, Miranda ^a   Koller, Walter ^a   Kundi, Michael ^a   Rotter, Manfred L ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 PROPANOL; DISINFECTANT AGENT; PROPANOL;

ANTISEPSIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL FLORA; HAND WASHING; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE;

2-PROPANOL; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; AUSTRIA; BACTERIA; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; HAND; HANDWASHING; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; PROPANOLS; REFERENCE VALUES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 65349141861     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2008.09.026     Document Type: Article

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