Medscape

Alcohol Rub, Soap and Water Equally Effective for Hand Disinfection for Surgical Site Care

March 22, 2010 (Atlanta, Georgia) — Rates of surgical site infection after the use of plain soap and water or an alcohol-based rub for surgical hand preparation were comparable (about 8%) in a rural ...
Medscape

Alcohol Rub as Good as Surgical Scrub to Cleanse Hands

Aug. 14, 2002 -- Rubbing the hands with an aqueous alcohol product was as good as the standard scrubbing protocol with respect to rates of surgical site infections, according to the results of a ...
Becker's Hospital Review

Alcohol-based rub improves hand hygiene compliance by 36%

A study published in Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control examined the effect of alcohol-based surgical hand preparation on the quality and duration of the procedure as well as on surgical ...
Business Wire

Study Demonstrates 3M Avagard Surgical Hand Antiseptic Provides Superior Persistence Compared to Two Other Brushless, Waterless Surgical Hand Antiseptics

ST. PAUL, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--A new study, published in the March issue of the American Journal of Infection Control, in accordance with ASTM E1115, shows that 3M™ Avagard™ (Chlorhexidine ...
The New England Journal of Medicine

Water-Based and Waterless Surgical Scrub Techniques

Surgical site infections are the leading cause of unplanned readmission after surgery and can result in increases in the length of hospitalization, morbidity, mortality, and health care costs. 1 The ...
Fierce Healthcare

Study Demonstrates 3M Avagard Surgical Hand Antiseptic Provides Superior Persistence Compared to Two Other Brushless, Wate

ST. PAUL, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- A new study, published in the March issue of the American Journal of Infection Control, in accordance with ASTM E1115, shows that 3M™ Avagard™ (Chlorhexidine ...