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Efficacy of 2 Alcohol-Based Gels and 1 Alcohol-Based Rinse for Surgical Hand Disinfection

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Frédéric Barbut ,
Laura Djamdjian ,
Denis Neyme ,
Christophe Passot  and
Jean-Claude Petit
Frédéric Barbut*
Affiliation:
Unité d'Hygiène et de Lutte contre les Infections Nosocomiales, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpital Saint-Antoine, Paris, France Service de Microbiologie, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpital Saint-Antoine, Paris, France
Laura Djamdjian
Affiliation:
Service de Microbiologie, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpital Saint-Antoine, Paris, France
Denis Neyme
Affiliation:
Unité d'Hygiène et de Lutte contre les Infections Nosocomiales, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpital Saint-Antoine, Paris, France Service de Microbiologie, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpital Saint-Antoine, Paris, France
Christophe Passot
Affiliation:
Service de Microbiologie, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpital Saint-Antoine, Paris, France
Jean-Claude Petit
Affiliation:
Service de Microbiologie, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpital Saint-Antoine, Paris, France
*
UHLIN (Unité d'Hygiène et de Lutte contre les Infections Nosocomiales), Hôpital Saint-Antoine, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, 184 rue du faubourg Saint-Antoine, 75012 Paris, France (frederic.barbut@sat.ap-hop-paris.fr)
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Abstract

We assessed the efficacy of 2 alcohol-based gels and 1 alcohol-based rinse for surgical hand disinfection, using European standard EN 12791. Volunteers performed surgical hand disinfection with a reference product and each of the 3 study products, with 1-week intervals between disinfection episodes. The immediate and sustained antimicrobial activities of each study product were not significantly less than those of the reference product. The study products passed the efficacy requirements of the EN 12791 standard, and they are considered suitable for surgical hand disinfection.

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Concise Communications
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 28 , Issue 8 , August 2007 , pp. 1013 - 1015
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2007

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