Open AccessAlcohol for hand hygiene: new comparative studies add to the evidence base
Author(s) -
Peter Hoffman
Publication year - 2002
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 9999-1233
DOI - 10.2807/esw.06.36.01874-en
Subject(s) - hygiene , component (thermodynamics) , alcohol , base (topology) , medicine , environmental health , biology , mathematics , mathematical analysis , biochemistry , physics , pathology , thermodynamics
Two recent studies from France have added to the evidence that hand disinfection with alcohol- or alcohol based solutions is an essential component of infection control. The first addresses hand hygiene on the wards and the second in the operating theatre. These are quite different scenarios.