Quantitative efficacy of alcohol-based handrub against vancomycin-resistant enterococci on the hands of human volunteers

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2012 Jan;33(1):98-100. doi: 10.1086/663342. Epub 2011 Nov 22.

Authors

M L Grayson¹, S A Ballard, W Gao, S Khumra, P Ward, P D R Johnson, E A Grabsch

Affiliation

¹ Infectious Diseases and Microbiology Department, Austin Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. [email protected]

PMID: 22173533
DOI: 10.1086/663342

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Alcohols / pharmacology*
Anti-Infective Agents, Local / pharmacology*
Colony Count, Microbial
Enterococcus / drug effects*
Hand / microbiology
Hand Disinfection*
Humans
Infection Control
Vancomycin Resistance

Substances

Alcohols
Anti-Infective Agents, Local