The effects of test variables on the efficacy of hand hygiene agents
EE Sickbert-Bennett, DJ Weber… - American Journal of …, 2004 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Hand hygiene is essential to interrupting disease transmission in health
care facilities. Multiple hand hygiene agents are currently available for use in the health care
setting. To evaluate the utility of these agents, both the user acceptability and the efficacy
need to be evaluated. Different hand hygiene test methodologies have been used to
measure the efficacy of these agents, but efficacy results vary depending on variations to key
parameters in these methodologies. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of …
care facilities. Multiple hand hygiene agents are currently available for use in the health care
setting. To evaluate the utility of these agents, both the user acceptability and the efficacy
need to be evaluated. Different hand hygiene test methodologies have been used to
measure the efficacy of these agents, but efficacy results vary depending on variations to key
parameters in these methodologies. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of …
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