Quest for a realistic In Vivo test method for antimicrobial hand-rub agents: Introduction of a low-volume hand contamination procedure

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 77, Issue 24, 2011, Pages 8588-8594

  Macinga, David R ^a   Beausoleil, Christopher M ^b   Campbell, Esther ^b   Mulberry, Gayle ^c   Brady, Ann ^c   Edmonds, Sarah L ^a   Arbogast, James W ^a  

^a GOJO Industries Inc   (United States)

^b BioScience Laboratories Inc   (United States)

^c Hill Top Research Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL CONCENTRATIONS; CONCENTRATED SUSPENSION; HUMAN SUBJECTS; IN-VIVO TESTS; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; SOIL LOADS; STANDARD DEVIATION; TEST PRODUCTS;

ETHANOL; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

CONTAMINATION;

DISINFECTANT AGENT;

ALCOHOL; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; BASELINE CONDITIONS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; GEL; VOLUME;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL LOAD; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; HAND; HAND WASHING; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; STANDARD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BACTERIAL LOAD; DISINFECTANTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HAND; HANDWASHING; HUMANS; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 83155193027     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.06134-11     Document Type: Article

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