Comparing rubbing and scrubbing surgical hand antisepsis with propan-1-ol 60% in accordance with European regulation UNE-EN 12791:2016+A1:2018

Martin Villa, Carlos; Becerro De Bengoa Vallejo, Ricardo; Alou Cervera, Luis; González Hidalgo, Natalia; Losa Iglesias, Marta; Gómez-Lus Centelles, María Luisa; Sevillano Fernández, David

Comparing rubbing and scrubbing surgical hand antisepsis with propan-1-ol 60% in accordance with European regulation UNE-EN 12791:2016+A1:2018

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https://doi.org/10.1017/ice.2020.1388

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2021

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Martin Villa, Carlos

Becerro De Bengoa Vallejo, Ricardo

Alou Cervera, Luis

González Hidalgo, Natalia

Losa Iglesias, Marta

Gómez-Lus Centelles, María Luisa

Sevillano Fernández, David

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Cambridge University Press

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Cambridge University Press

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https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/105930

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Martin-Villa C, Becerro-de-Bengoa-Vallejo R, Alou L, González N, Losa-Iglesias M, Gómez-Lus ML, Sevillano D. Comparing rubbing and scrubbing surgical hand antisepsis with propan-1-ol 60% in accordance with European regulation UNE-EN 12791:2016+A1:2018. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2021 Nov;42(11):1382-1384. doi: 10.1017/ice.2020.1388

Abstract

A crossover trial was conducted to compare hand rub and hand scrub-brush methods for reducing bacterial loads when using propan-1-ol-60% according to European regulations. Both methods significantly reduced the bacterial load immediately after antisepsis, but only the hand rub method achieved significant bacterial load reduction 3 hours after the procedure.