Ethanol is indispensable for virucidal hand antisepsis: memorandum from the alcohol-based hand rub (ABHR) Task Force, WHO Collaborating Centre on Patient Safety, and the Commission for Hospital Hygiene and Infection Prevention (KRINKO), Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany

BACKGROUND: The approval of ethanol by the Biocidal Products Regulation has been under evaluation since 2007. This follows concern over alcohol uptake from ethanol-based hand rubs (EBHR). If ethanol is classified as carcinogenic, mutagenic, or reprotoxic by the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA), then...

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Autores principales: Kramer, Axel, Arvand, Mardjan, Christiansen, Bärbel, Dancer, Stephanie, Eggers, Maren, Exner, Martin, Müller, Dieter, Mutters, Nico T., Schwebke, Ingeborg, Pittet, Didier
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9257567/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35794648
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13756-022-01134-7

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9257567/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35794648
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13756-022-01134-7

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