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Duration and quality of coverage of three new techniques for hand disinfection |
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| Variation of rub-in technique |
Duration (median) |
Duration (mean) |
Location of untreated skin areas |
Size of untreated skin areas (back of hands) |
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| Whole hand |
Palmar side |
Dorsal side |
0% |
< 5% |
5% – 15% |
> 15% |
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| 14 |
25 s |
26.8 s |
53% |
7% |
53% |
47% |
47% |
7% |
0% |
| 15 |
23 s |
22.3 s |
67% |
13% |
67% |
33% |
60% |
7% |
0% |
| 16 |
27 s |
27.1 s |
60% |
7% |
60% |
40% |
40% |
20% |
0% |
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Comparison of hygienic hand disinfection when performed with a propanol-based hand rub in three new treatment variations: duration, and proportion and location of untreated skin areas, with size given for the back of the hands. | |||||||||
Kampf et al. BMC Infectious Diseases 2008 8:149 doi:10.1186/1471-2334-8-149 |
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