Is ozonized water or hand washing more effective for hand hygiene than using an alcohol-based hand rub?

J Hosp Infect. 2020 Jun;105(2):368-369. doi: 10.1016/j.jhin.2020.04.017. Epub 2020 Apr 13.

Authors

G Kampf¹, M Suchomel², H Below³, A Kramer³

Affiliations

¹ University Medicine Greifswald, Institute for Hygiene and Environmental Medicine, Greifswald, Germany. Electronic address: guenter.kampf@uni-greifswald.de.
² Institute of Hygiene and Applied Immunology, Medical University, Vienna, Austria.
³ University Medicine Greifswald, Institute for Hygiene and Environmental Medicine, Greifswald, Germany.

PMID: 32298735
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2020.04.017

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Publication types

Letter
Comment

MeSH terms

Ethanol
Hand
Hand Disinfection*
Hand Hygiene*
Soaps
Water

Substances

Soaps
Water
Ethanol