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Wiping Is Inferior to Rubbing: A Note of Caution for Hand Hygiene With Alcohol-Based Solutions
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Ory, Jérôme
Zingg, Walter
de Kraker, Marlieke E A
Soule, Hervé
Pittet, Didier
Published in Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. 2018, vol. 39, no. 3, p. 332-335
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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PMID: 29378674
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Faculté de médecine / Section de médecine clinique / Département de médecine
Research group Staphylocoques dorés résistants à la méthicilline et hygiène hospitalière (330)
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(ISO format) 		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 https://archive-ouverte.unige.ch/unige:115826

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