Wiping Is Inferior to Rubbing: A Note of Caution for Hand Hygiene With Alcohol-Based Solutions

Ory, Jérôme; Zingg, Walter; De Kraker, Marlieke; Soule, Hervé; Pittet, Didier

doi:10.1017/ice.2017.307

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Wiping Is Inferior to Rubbing: A Note of Caution for Hand Hygiene With Alcohol-Based Solutions

ContributorsOry, Jérôme; Zingg, Walter; De Kraker, Marlieke

; Soule, Hervé; Pittet, Didier

Published inInfection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, vol. 39, no. 3, p. 332-335

Publication date2018

Abstract

We evaluated whether hand wiping is noninferior to hand rubbing in reducing the bacterial concentration on hands. In 20 healthy volunteers, hand wiping with or without an alcohol-based solution was inferior to hand rubbing with an alcohol-based solution. This finding warrants a note of caution for the application of wipes in health care. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2018;39:332-335.

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Faculté de médecine / Section de médecine clinique / Département de médecine

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Staphylocoques dorés résistants à la méthicilline et hygiène hospitalière (330)

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ORY, Jérôme et al. Wiping Is Inferior to Rubbing: A Note of Caution for Hand Hygiene With Alcohol-Based Solutions. In: Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, 2018, vol. 39, n° 3, p. 332–335. doi: 10.1017/ice.2017.307

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PID : unige:115826
DOI : 10.1017/ice.2017.307
PMID : 29378674

Journal ISSN0899-823X

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