Antiseptic technology: access, affordability, and acceptance.

Factors other than antimicrobial activity of soaps and antiseptic agents used for hand hygiene by health personnel play a role in compliance with recommendations. Hand hygiene products differ considerably in acceptance by hospital personnel. If switching from a nonmedicated soap to an antiseptic age...

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Autor principal: Boyce, J M
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2001
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2631717/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11294713
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description Factors other than antimicrobial activity of soaps and antiseptic agents used for hand hygiene by health personnel play a role in compliance with recommendations. Hand hygiene products differ considerably in acceptance by hospital personnel. If switching from a nonmedicated soap to an antiseptic agent or increased use of an existing antiseptic agent for hand hygiene prevented a few more infections per year, additional expenditures for antiseptic agents would be offset by cost savings.
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spelling pubmed-26317172009-05-20 Antiseptic technology: access, affordability, and acceptance. Boyce, J M Emerg Infect Dis Research Article Factors other than antimicrobial activity of soaps and antiseptic agents used for hand hygiene by health personnel play a role in compliance with recommendations. Hand hygiene products differ considerably in acceptance by hospital personnel. If switching from a nonmedicated soap to an antiseptic agent or increased use of an existing antiseptic agent for hand hygiene prevented a few more infections per year, additional expenditures for antiseptic agents would be offset by cost savings. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2001 /pmc/articles/PMC2631717/ /pubmed/11294713 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
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title_fullStr Antiseptic technology: access, affordability, and acceptance.
title_full_unstemmed Antiseptic technology: access, affordability, and acceptance.
title_short Antiseptic technology: access, affordability, and acceptance.
title_sort antiseptic technology: access, affordability, and acceptance.
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