Effectiveness of hand-cleansing agents for removing Acinetobacter baumannii strain from contaminated hands

Background: The effectiveness of hand-cleansing agents (plain liquid soap, 70% ethyl alcohol, 10% povidone-iodine, and 4% chlorhexidine gluconate) for removing a hospital strain of Acinetobacter baumannii from artificially contaminated hands of 5 volunteers was studied. Methods: The experiments were...

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Veröffentlicht in:	American journal of infection control 1999-08, Vol.27 (4), p.327-331
Hauptverfasser:	Cardoso, Celso Luíz, Pereira a, Heloise Henriques, Zequim b, Juliana Campos, Guilhermetti a, Márcio
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Acinetobacter - drug effects Adult Analysis of Variance Anti-Infective Agents, Local - pharmacology Chlorhexidine - analogs & derivatives Chlorhexidine - pharmacology Colony Count, Microbial Ethanol - pharmacology Female Hand Disinfection - methods Humans Male Middle Aged Povidone-Iodine - pharmacology Soaps - pharmacology
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