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In vivo comparison of two human norovirus surrogates for testing ethanol-based handrubs: the mouse chasing the cat!
PLoS One
February 2011
Center for Research on Environmental Microbiology (CREM), University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
Human noroviruses (HuNoV), a major cause of acute gastroenteritis worldwide, cannot be readily cultured in the lab. Therefore, a feline calicivirus (FCV) is often used as its surrogate to, among other things, test alcohol-based handrubs (ABHR). The more recent laboratory culture of a mouse norovirus (MNV) provides an alternative.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFHandrubbing with an aqueous alcohol solution was as effective as handscrubbing with an antiseptic soap for preventing surgical site infections.
Evid Based Nurs
April 2003
Memorial University School of Nursing, St John's, Newfoundland, Canada.
Hand-rubbing with an aqueous alcoholic solution vs traditional surgical hand-scrubbing and 30-day surgical site infection rates: a randomized equivalence study.
JAMA
August 2002
Departments of Infectious Diseases and Intensive Care Unit, Côte de Nacre University Hospital Centre, 14 033 Caen Cedex, France.
Context: Surgical site infections prolong hospital stays, are among the leading nosocomial causes of morbidity, and a source of excess medical costs. Clinical studies comparing the risk of nosocomial infection after different hand antisepsis protocols are scarce.
Objective: To compare the effectiveness of hand-cleansing protocols in preventing surgical site infections during routine surgical practice.
Handwashing compliance in a French university hospital: new perspective with the introduction of hand-rubbing with a waterless alcohol-based solution.
J Hosp Infect
August 2001
Unité d'hygiène et Prévention de l'Infection, Hôpital Henri Mondor, Hôpitaux de Paris, Créteil, France. emmanuelle.
The baseline compliance with handwashing in a French university hospital was as low as the compliance rates reported in other countries, i.e., less than 50%.
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