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Mean reduction ± SD of the resident hand flora of 20 volunteers by reference treatment (60% propan-1-ol for 3 min) or a 1.5 min treatment with a propanol-based hand rub applied in three different modes; experiments according to EN 12791 in a Latin-square design. |
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| Formulation |
Method |
Time (min) of |
Immediate effect |
Sustained effect |
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| washing |
disinfection |
drying |
RF |
p-value* |
RF |
p-value* |
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| Propan-1-ol |
Reference disinfection |
1 |
3 |
- |
1.79 ± 0.98 |
0.026 |
1.42 ± 0.90 |
0.430 |
| Sterillium |
A |
1 |
1.5 |
- |
1.51 ± 0.97§ |
1.62 ± 0.93 |
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| Sterillium |
B |
- |
1.5 |
- |
2.29 ± 1.02 |
1.70 ± 1.02 |
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| Sterillium |
C |
- |
1.5 |
1 |
2.32 ± 0.93§ |
2.03 ± 0.91 |
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*Comparison of all four treatments (Friedman test) §Significant pairwise difference (p < 0.05) in Wilcoxon-Wilcox test | ||||||||
Hübner et al. BMC Microbiology 2006 6:57 doi:10.1186/1471-2180-6-57 |
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