Effectiveness of hand sanitizers with and without organic acids for removal of rhinovirus from hands

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1363-1364

  Turner, Ronald B ^a   Fuls, Janice L ^b   Rodgers, Nancy D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b Dial Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; CARBOXYLIC ACID; HAND SANITIZING AGENT; PURELL INSTANT HAND SANITIZER; SOAP; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

ADD ON THERAPY; ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; HAND; HAND WASHING; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHINOVIRUS; RHINOVIRUS INFECTION;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; CITRIC ACID; CROSS INFECTION; DISINFECTANTS; DISINFECTION; ETHANOL; HAND; HANDWASHING; HUMANS; MALATES; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; PICORNAVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; RHINOVIRUS; SOAPS;

EID: 77149154318     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: 10986596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.01498-09     Document Type: Article

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