%0 Journal Article %A Martin Villa, Carlos %A Becerro De Bengoa Vallejo, Ricardo %A Alou Cervera, Luis %A González Hidalgo, Natalia %A Losa Iglesias, Marta %A Gómez-Lus Centelles, María Luisa %A Sevillano Fernández, David %T Comparing rubbing and scrubbing surgical hand antisepsis with propan-1-ol 60% in accordance with European regulation UNE-EN 12791:2016+A1:2018 %D 2021 %@ 0899-823X %@ 1559-6834 %U https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/105930 %X 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. %~