Journal: American Journal of Infection Control
Article Title: Comparative efficacy of hand hygiene agents in the reduction of bacteria and viruses
doi: 10.1016/j.ajic.2004.08.005
Figure Lengend Snippet: Efficacy of hand hygiene agents in the log reductions of gram-negative bacteria ( S marcescens ) after 1 episode, with 95% confidence intervals. Hand hygiene agents tested were as follows: (A) 60% ethyl alcohol (n = 5); (B) 61% ethyl alcohol (n = 5); (C) 62% ethyl alcohol (n = 5); (D) 61% ethyl alcohol/1% CHG (n = 5); (E) 70% ethyl alcohol/0.005% silver iodide (n = 5); (F) 0.4% benzalkonium chloride (n = 5); (G) 0.5% PCMX/40% SD alcohol (n = 5); (H) 0.75% chlorhexidine gluconate (n = 5); (I) 2% chlorhexidine gluconate (n = 5); (J) 4% chlorhexidine gluconate (n = 5); (K) 1% triclosan (n = 5); (L) 0.2% benzethonium chloride (n = 5); (M) nonantimicrobial control (n = 5); (N) tap water control (n = 5).
Article Snippet: The stock preparation of the bacterial test organism S marcescens (ATCC 14756) was stored frozen in skim milk at −80°C.
Techniques: Bacteria, Control