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:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2019-10-01
Series:mSphere
Subjects:
hand hygiene
antiseptic hand rubbing
antiseptic hand washing
ethanol-based disinfectant
viscosity
mucus
Online Access:https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mSphere.00474-19

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https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mSphere.00474-19

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