Situations Leading to Reduced Effectiveness of Current Hand Hygiene against Infectious Mucus from Influenza Virus-Infected Patients

Situations Leading to Reduced Effectiveness of Current Hand Hygiene against Infectious Mucus from Influenza Virus-Infected Patients

ABSTRACT Both antiseptic hand rubbing (AHR) using ethanol-based disinfectants (EBDs) and antiseptic hand washing (AHW) are important means of infection control to prevent seasonal influenza A virus (IAV) outbreaks. However, previous reports suggest a reduced efficacy of ethanol disinfection against...

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Main Authors: Ryohei Hirose, Takaaki Nakaya, Yuji Naito, Tomo Daidoji, Risa Bandou, Ken Inoue, Osamu Dohi, Naohisa Yoshida, Hideyuki Konishi, Yoshito Itoh
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2019
Subjects:
hand hygiene
antiseptic hand rubbing
antiseptic hand washing
ethanol-based disinfectant
viscosity
mucus
Microbiology
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/b281382f0a6a4368937f6f6791e3e738
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