Efficacy of two distinct ethanol-based hand rubs for surgical hand disinfection – a controlled trial according to prEN 12791

Efficacy of two distinct ethanol-based hand rubs for surgical hand disinfection – a controlled trial according to prEN 12791

BACKGROUND Aim of the study was to determine the efficacy of two distinct ethanol-based hand rubs for surgical hand disinfection in a controlled cross-over trial according to prEN 12791. METHODS 20 subjects were included. Hands were washed for 1 min with soap. The bacterial prevalue was obtained by rubbing finger tips in TSB for 1 min. Then, each subject treated the hands with the reference p...

Efficacy of Sterillium Rub and Avagard for surgical hand disinfection – a controlled trial

Evaluation of two methods of determining the efficacies of two alcohol-based hand rubs for surgical hand antisepsis.

The antimicrobial efficacies of preparations for surgical hand antisepsis can be determined according to a European standard (prEN 12791 [EN]) and a U.S. standard (tentative final monograph for health care antiseptic drug products [TFM]). The U.S. method differs in the product application mode (hands and lower forearms, versus hands only in EN), the number of applications (11 over 5 days, versu...

Population kinetics of the skin flora under the glove following surgical hand disinfection with three propanol-based hand rubs – a prospective, randomized, double-blind trial

Background and Objectives: The new CDC guideline for hand hygiene recommends either to use an antimicrobial soap or an alcohol-based hand rub supplemented with agents conferring persistent activity for surgical hand antisepsis. The most common agent which is thought to offer this latter type of effect is chlorhexidine gluconate. However, although often claimed, this effect has, to the best of o...

Efficacy of Betadine and Decosept for surgical hand scrub

Background: Nowadays, new methods such as scrub with an efficient agent for short time are used for the prevention of communicable diseases and infection control at the most of operating rooms. But, at most of our operating rooms, surgical teams use traditional and routine hand scrub (with Betadine more than 3 min). The aim of this clinical trial was to compare efficacy of Betadine and an alcoh...