EVALUATION OF ANTISEPTIC EFFICIENCY IN HANDS CLEANING

Authors

  • SUZANA CLÁUDIA SILVEIRA MARTINS Universidade Federal do Ceará
  • JUAREZ BRAGA SOARES Universidade Federal do Ceará

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5380/cep.v11i1.14267

Keywords:

ANTISSEPTICOS - EFICIÊNCIA BACTERICIDA, SABÃO EM BARRA, LIMPEZA DAS MÃOS, FLORA BACTERIANA. ANTISEPTICS - BACTERICIDAL EFFICIENCY, SOUP. BACTERIAL FLORA.

Abstract

The purpose of this paper was to evaluate the bactericidal efficiency of two antiseptics (ethyl and isopropyl alcohol solution and polyvinilpirrolidine - iodine solution) against soup on the bacterial flora of the skin. The region treated was the hand of 18 people, where the antiseptics were applied for one minute. The percentage of bacterial reduction were 99,4% for alcohol solution, 98,7% for PVP-I and 83,3% for soap.

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SILVEIRA MARTINS, S. C., & SOARES, J. B. (1993). EVALUATION OF ANTISEPTIC EFFICIENCY IN HANDS CLEANING. Boletim Do Centro De Pesquisa De Processamento De Alimentos, 11(1). https://doi.org/10.5380/cep.v11i1.14267

Issue

Vol. 11 No. 1 (1993)

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