Reducing viral contamination from finger pads: Handwashing is more effective than alcohol-based hand disinfectants

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 226-234

  Tuladhar, E ^a,b   Hazeleger, W C ^a   Koopmans, M ^b,c   Zwietering, M H ^a   Duizer, E ^b   Beumer, R R ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^c ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Carrier test; Enteric virus; Finger pad test; Foodborne viruses; Hand disinfection; Norovirus; Respiratory viruses

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; HAND SANITIZER; PROPANOL; ALCOHOL DERIVATIVE; DISINFECTANT AGENT; SOAP;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CELL MEDIATED CYTOTOXICITY; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GENE DOSAGE; HAND WASHING; HUMAN; HUMAN ADENOVIRUS 5; HUMAN CELL; INFECTION CONTROL; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NONHUMAN; NOROVIRUS; PARECHOVIRUS; POLIOMYELITIS VIRUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; ROTAVIRUS; VIRAL CONTAMINATION; VIRUS INFECTIVITY; VIRUS PARTICLE; VIRUS STRAIN; CALICIVIRUS INFECTION; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; FELINE CALICIVIRUS; FEMALE; FINGER; GENETICS; HAND; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS; TRANSMISSION; VIROLOGY; VIRUS;

ALCOHOLS; CALICIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; CALICIVIRUS, FELINE; DISINFECTANTS; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; FEMALE; FINGERS; HAND; HAND DISINFECTION; HAND HYGIENE; HAND SANITIZERS; HUMANS; MALE; NOROVIRUS; ROTAVIRUS; SOAPS; VIRUSES;

EID: 84930575382     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: 15322939     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2015.02.019     Document Type: Article

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