Efficacy of two iso-propanol-based skin antiseptics applied to human skin with many sebaceous glands for 2 and 10 minutes

• Main Authors: Kampf, Günter (Author), Sammann, Andreas (Author), Pitten, Frank-Albert (Author), Christiansen, Bärbel (Author), Heeg, Peter (Author), Nowak, Nicolas (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: German Medical Science GMS Publishing House, 2014-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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[english] Background: Recent research suggests that specific ethanol-based skin antiseptics exhibit their efficacy on the resident skin flora of the forehead in only 2.5 minutes. We have now looked at the efficacy of two skin antiseptics based on 63% (w/w) propan-2-ol (iso-propanol) and applied for...