Bacterial reduction of alcohol-based liquid and gel products on hands soiled with blood

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 785-787

  Kawagoe, Julia Y ^a   Graziano, Kazuko Uchikawa ^b   Valle Martino, Marines Dalla ^a   Siqueira, Itacy ^a   Correa, Luci ^a  

^a HOSPITAL ISRAELITA ALBERT EINSTEIN   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

alcohols; Analysis of variance; anti infective agents; Brazil; colony count; cross over studies; ethanol; gels; handwashing; hygiene standards; local agents administration and dosage; microbial; Serratia marcescens

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ALCOOL GEL DR CLEAN; ALCOOL GLICERINADO; GLYCEROL; PURELL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BLOODBORNE BACTERIUM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DISINFECTION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; GEL; HAND INFECTION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HYGIENE; LIQUID; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SERRATIA INFECTION; SERRATIA MARCESCENS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOLS; BACTERIAL LOAD; BLOOD; DISINFECTANTS; FEMALE; HAND; HANDWASHING; HUMAN EXPERIMENTATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80055079743     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: 15273296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2010.12.018     Document Type: Conference Paper

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