Proposal for a method of studying the activity of soap or antiseptic against the microbial flora of the hands after a single surgical scrub
Bartoli, M.; Crémieux, A.; Fleurette, J.; Joly, B.; Reverdy, M.E.; Savage, C.
Pathologie-Biologie 34(5 Part 2): 694-698
1986
ISSN/ISBN: 0369-8114 PMID: 3534770 Document Number: 284711
The authors, all members of the Antiseptics group of the Societé Française de Microbiologie, propose a standardised method for the evaluation of the activity of antiseptics on the microbial flora of the hands in the context of surgical scrubbing. This paper defines the aims of the method, its field of application and describes the media and materials required. The various phases of the preliminary study and the definitive trial also described.