Response to the comment on the article "No detrimental effect on the hand microbiome of health care staff by frequent alcohol-based antisepsis"

Kramer, Axel; Dahl, Mathilde Borg; Bengtsson, Mia M; Boyce, John M; Heckmann, Matthias; Meister, Mareike; Papke, Roald; Pittet, Didier; Reinhard, Anne; Slevogt, Hortense; Wang, Haitao; Zwicker, Paula; Urich, Tim; Seifert, Ulrike

doi:10.1016/j.ajic.2025.04.013

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Response to the comment on the article "No detrimental effect on the hand microbiome of health care staff by frequent alcohol-based antisepsis"

ContributorsKramer, Axel; Dahl, Mathilde Borg; Bengtsson, Mia M; Boyce, John M; Heckmann, Matthias; Meister, Mareike; Papke, Roald; Pittet, Didier; Reinhard, Anne; Slevogt, Hortense; Wang, Haitao; Zwicker, Paula; Urich, Tim; Seifert, Ulrike

Published inAmerican journal of infection control, vol. 53, no. 8, p. 916-917

Publication date2025-08

Abstract

Response to : Huda NU, Javed R, Ibrahim H. Letter to editor: No detrimental effect on the hand microbiome of health care staff by frequent alcohol-based antisepsis. Am J Infect Control. 2025 Aug;53(8):915. doi: 10.1016/j.ajic.2025.04.007. PMID: 40653334.

Which is a comment on : Kramer A, Borg Dahl M, Bengtsson MM, Boyce JM, Heckmann M, Meister M, Papke R, Pittet D, Reinhard A, Slevogt H, Wang H, Zwicker P, Urich T, Seifert U. No detrimental effect on the hand microbiome of health care staff by frequent alcohol-based antisepsis. Am J Infect Control. 2025 Apr;53(4):426-433. doi: 10.1016/j.ajic.2024.11.006. Epub 2024 Nov 15. PMID: 39551096. https://archive-ouverte.unige.ch/unige:183122

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

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Résistance aux antibiotiques (866)

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KRAMER, Axel et al. Response to the comment on the article ‘No detrimental effect on the hand microbiome of health care staff by frequent alcohol-based antisepsis’. In: American journal of infection control, 2025, vol. 53, n° 8, p. 916–917. doi: 10.1016/j.ajic.2025.04.013

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PID : unige:187042
DOI : 10.1016/j.ajic.2025.04.013
PMID : 40653335

Additional URL for this publicationhttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S019665532500327X

Journal ISSN0196-6553

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