Testing of the World Health Organization recommended formulations in their application as hygienic hand rubs and proposals for increased efficacy

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 328-331

  Suchomel, Miranda ^a   Kundi, Michael ^b   Pittet, Didier ^c,d   Weinlich, Martina ^a   Rotter, Manfred L ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^d GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Hygienic hand antisepsis; WHO formulation

Indexed keywords

2 PROPANOL; ALCOHOL; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERICIDE; HAND RUB; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG SCREENING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; LABORATORY TEST; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

2-PROPANOL; AUSTRIA; BACTERIAL LOAD; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DISINFECTANTS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ETHANOL; HAND; HANDWASHING; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNIVERSITIES; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84860354990     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: 15273296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2011.06.012     Document Type: Article

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