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 (2 min exposure) | p-value |
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A (n = 20) | 10 min/2 min | 3.97 ± 0.47 | 2.08 ± 0.86 | 3.05 ± 0.40 | 0.001 |
30 min | 2.36 ± 0.63 | 3.05 ± 0.49 | < 0.001 | ||
B (n = 20) | 10 min/2 min | 3.37 ± 0.62 | 2.03 ± 1.30 | 2.08 ± 0.88 | 0.55 |
30 min | 2.53 ± 1.07 | 2.13 ± 1.00 | < 0.1 | ||
All (n = 40) | 10 min | n.a. | 2.05 ± 1.08 | 2.57 ± 0.84 | 0.002 |
30 min | 2.44 ± 0.87 | 2.59 ± 0.91 | 0.17 |