In this study the efficacy for surgical hand disinfection of three commercially available hand disinfectants was tested according to the EN 12791. Sterillium (30 % wt/wt propan-1-ol, 45 % wt/wt propan-2-ol and 0.2 % mecetronium ethylsulphate), Sensiva (45 % wt/wt propan-1-ol, 28 % wt/wt propan-2-ol and 0.3 % lactic acid) and Desderman N (78.2 % wt/wt ethanol and 0.1 % biphenyl-2-ol) were tested against a reference (60 % v/v propan-1-ol). For the disinfection procedure, as many 3 mL aliquots of product as necessary to keep hands wet for a total of 3 min (reference) or a shortened time of 1.5 min (commercial products) were applied. To evaluate the antimicrobial effect of the disinfection mean log reduction factors were determined, either immediately or after 3h (glove covered). Sterillium and the other propanol-based product fulfilled the efficacy requirements of EN 12791 after 1.5 min, while the ethanol based product did not.

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