Transdermal absorption of ethanol- and 1-propanol-containing hand disinfectants

Langenbeck's Archives of Surgery

Volumn 396, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1055-1060

  Lang, Reinhold Andreas ^a   Egli Gany, Dianne ^b   Brill, Florian Holger Hubert ^b   Böttrich, Johannes Georg ^b   Breuer, Marion ^c   Breuer, Burkhard ^c   Kirschner, Martin Hartwig ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b B Braun Medical AG   (Switzerland)

^c Proinnovera GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

1 Propanol; Disinfectant; Ethanol; Softa Man ; Transdermal absorption

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; DRUG ADDITIVE; PROPANOL; SKIN PROTECTIVE AGENT; SOFTA MAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; APPLICATION SITE ERYTHEMA; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MAXIMUM PLASMA CONCENTRATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PHASE 1 CLINICAL TRIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SKIN ABSORPTION; SKIN DECONTAMINATION; SKIN PROTECTION; TIME TO MAXIMUM PLASMA CONCENTRATION; VOLUNTEER;

1-PROPANOL; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ETHANOL; HANDWASHING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN ABSORPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052843116     PISSN: 14352443     EISSN: 14352451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00423-010-0720-4     Document Type: Article

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