Title: Persistence of antimicrobial effect of antiseptics in surgical hand hygiene regimens.
Abstract: To determine the persistence of antimicrobial effect of antiseptic solutions used in surgical hand hygiene procedure, and the in-house preparation was compared to the commercial solution for its efficacy.The present study was performed in a 150-bed hospital involving 19 staff from general, orthopedics, KUB, and OB-GYN surgical teams in 48 operations. The antimicrobial effects from 4 different solutions were determined and compared.The study showed that the commercial alcohol-based antiseptic solution was equally or more effective than long-time accepted povidone-iodine or chlorhexidine gluconate solutions and had better persistent effect. The in-house preparation was effective comparable to the commercial solution.The commercial alcohol-based antiseptic solution had better persistence of antimicrobial effects compared to the in-house alcohol-based hand rub, povidone iodine and chlorhexidine gluconate.
Publication Year: 2005
Publication Date: 2005-12-01
Language: en
Type: article
Indexed In: ['pubmed']
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