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Insufficient neutralization in testing a chlorhexidine-containing ethanol-based hand rub can result in a false positive efficacy assessment
BACKGROUND: Effective neutralization in testing hand hygiene preparations is considered to be a crucial element to ensure validity of the test results, especially with the difficulty to neutralize chlorhexidine gluconate. Aim of the study was to measure the effect of chemical neutralization under pr...
Autores principales: | Kampf, Günter, Shaffer, Marc, Hunte, Corrine |
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Formato: | Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2005
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1181814/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15963239 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-5-48 |
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