Comparison of hand hygiene antimicrobial efficacy: Melaleuca alternifolia essential oil versus triclosan;Comparação da eficácia antimicrobiana na higienização das mãos: ÓLeo essencial de Melaleuca alternifolia versus

Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1212-1219

  Gnatta, Juliana Rizzo ^a   Pinto, Flávia Morais Gomes ^a   Bruna, Camila Quartim de Moraes ^a   de Souza, Rafael Queiroz ^a   Graziano, Kazuko Uchikawa ^a   da Silva, Maria Julia Paes ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Hand Desinfection; Infection Control; Nursing; Tea Tree Oil; Triclosan

Indexed keywords

SOAP; TEA TREE OIL; TOPICAL ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; TRICLOSAN;

ADULT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HAND WASHING; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STANDARDS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HAND HYGIENE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOAPS; TEA TREE OIL; TRICLOSAN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84891049200     PISSN: 01041169     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/0104-1169.2957.2356     Document Type: Article

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