From: Efficacy of two ethanol-based skin antiseptics on the forehead at shorter application times
Study facility and number of subjects | Sampling time after beginning of application | Mean pre-value of bacterial density | RF (mean and stdev) of reference treatment (10 min exposure) | RF (mean and stdev) of clear skin antiseptic A (10 min exposure) | p-value |
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A (n = 20) | 10 min | 3.88 ± 0.79 | 2.15 ± 0.78 | 2.72 ± 0.99 | 0.036 |
30 min | 1.94 ± 1.02 | 2.39 ± 0.97 | 0.012 | ||
B (n = 20) | 10 min | 3.81 ± 0.45 | 2.44 ± 0.81 | 2.89 ± 0.70 | 0.10 |
30 min | 2.97 ± 0.96 | 3.45 ± 0.61 | 0.044 | ||
All (n = 40) | 10 min | n.a. | 2.29 ± 0.80 | 2.81 ± 0.85 | 0.005 |
30 min | 2.46 ± 1.11 | 2.92 ± 0.96 | 0.004 |