Efficacy of an ethanol-based hand sanitizer for disinfection of stethoscopes

J Hosp Infect. 2015 Oct;91(2):183-4. doi: 10.1016/j.jhin.2015.05.018. Epub 2015 Jul 9.

Authors

L Grandiere-Perez¹, J Bovet², A Beaudron², P Saulnier³, S Blanchi⁴, M Delemotte⁴, C Ramanantsoa²

Affiliations

¹ Service de Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales, Centre Hospitalier, Le Mans, France. Electronic address: [email protected].
² Laboratoire de Microbiologie, Centre Hospitalier, Le Mans, France.
³ Cellule de Méthodologie et Biostatistiques, DRCI, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, Angers, France.
⁴ Service de Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales, Centre Hospitalier, Le Mans, France.

PMID: 26231268
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2015.05.018

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Bacteria / drug effects*
Bacterial Load
Disinfectants / pharmacology*
Disinfection / methods*
Ethanol / pharmacology*
Hand Sanitizers / pharmacology*
Humans
Stethoscopes / microbiology*

Substances

Disinfectants
Hand Sanitizers
Ethanol