Inactivation of chlorhexidine gluconate on skin by incompatible alcohol hand sanitizing gels

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 569-573

  Kaiser, Nancy ^a   Klein, Dan ^a   Karanja, Peter ^a   Greten, Zachariah ^a   Newman, Jerry ^a  

^a STERIS Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

alcohol gels; Chlorhexidine gluconate; compatibility; persistence; residual

Indexed keywords

2 PROPANOL; ACRYLIC ACID; ALCOHOL; CARBOMER; CHLORHEXIDINE GLUCONATE; HYDROXYPROPYLCELLULOSE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; SKIN DECONTAMINATION; SKIN INFECTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ACRYLIC RESINS; ANIMALS; ANIONS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; ANTISEPSIS; CATIONS; CHLORHEXIDINE; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CROSS INFECTION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG INTERACTIONS; DRUG RESIDUES; ETHANOL; GELS; HANDWASHING; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; SKIN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SWINE; VISCOSITY;

EID: 69049101054     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2008.12.008     Document Type: Article

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