Table 1 Mean reduction ± SD of the resident hand flora of 20 volunteers by reference treatment (60% propan-1-ol for 3 min) or a 1.5 min treatment with a propanol-based hand rub applied in three different modes; experiments according to EN 12791 in a Latin-square design.
Formulation | Method | Time (min) of | Immediate effect | Sustained effect | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
washing | disinfection | drying | RF | p-value* | RF | p-value* | ||
Propan-1-ol | Reference disinfection | 1 | 3 | - | 1.79 ± 0.98 | 0.026 | 1.42 ± 0.90 | 0.430 |
Sterillium | A | 1 | 1.5 | - | 1.51 ± 0.97§ | 1.62 ± 0.93 | ||
Sterillium | B | - | 1.5 | - | 2.29 ± 1.02 | 1.70 ± 1.02 | ||
Sterillium | C | - | 1.5 | 1 | 2.32 ± 0.93§ | 2.03 ± 0.91 | ||