Effects of hand disinfection with alcohol hand rub, ozonized water, or soap and water: time for reconsideration?


Journal

The Journal of hospital infection
ISSN: 1532-2939
Titre abrégé: J Hosp Infect
Pays: England
ID NLM: 8007166

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
Jun 2020
Historique:
received: 05 10 2019
accepted: 12 03 2020
pubmed: 2 4 2020
medline: 10 2 2021
entrez: 2 4 2020
Statut: ppublish

Résumé

The effect of alcohol hand rub was tested in eradicating Escherichia coli, and compared with hand wash using ozonized tap water or soap and water. Alcohol eradicated all bacteria in 10 out of 35 participants, but with an average (SD) of 2330 (4227) cfu/mL left after disinfection, whereas ozonized water removed all bacteria in 10 out of 55 participants, with an average of only 538 (801) cfu/mL left (P = 0.045). Soap washing was the most effective with total removal of bacteria in six out of 20 participants, with an average of 98 (139) cfu/mL (P = 0.048 and 0.018 versus ozonized water and alcohol, respectively).

Identifiants

pubmed: 32229145
pii: S0195-6701(20)30113-4
doi: 10.1016/j.jhin.2020.03.014
pmc: PMC7271282
pii:
doi:

Substances chimiques

Disinfectants 0
Hand Sanitizers 0
Soaps 0
Water 059QF0KO0R
Ethanol 3K9958V90M
Ozone 66H7ZZK23N
2-Propanol ND2M416302

Types de publication

Comparative Study Journal Article

Langues

eng

Sous-ensembles de citation

IM

Pagination

213-215

Commentaires et corrections

Type : CommentIn

Informations de copyright

Copyright © 2020 The Healthcare Infection Society. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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pubmed: 30731184

Auteurs

H J Breidablik (HJ)

Helse Førde HF, Center of Health Research, Førde, Norway. Electronic address: hans.johan.breidablik@helse-forde.no.

D E Lysebo (DE)

Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway.

L Johannessen (L)

Thelma Indoor Air & Working Environment, Microbiology Department, Trondheim, Norway.

Å Skare (Å)

Førde Hospital Trust, Department for Infection Control, Førde, Norway.

J R Andersen (JR)

Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, Førde, Norway.

O Kleiven (O)

Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, Førde, Norway.

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