title: Application of the hygienic hand-disinfection test to the gloved hand.
abstract: The Austrian Standard Hygienic Hand-Disinfection Test was adapted for comparing the effect of washing artificially contaminated hands (using Escherichia coli) with contaminated gloved hands, using liquid soap and rinsing with water. Tests showed that a single soap wash completely removed all the bacteria from the glove, and was more than 1000 times more effective on the glove than on the hand.
authors.affiliation: Papworth Hospital, Cambridge, UK.
authors.forename: S W
authors.initials: SW
authors.lastname: Newsom
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Rowland
mesh_terms: D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000187:drug effects; D005932:Gloves, Surgical; D006235:Hand Disinfection; D006801:Humans; D012915:Soaps
chemical_list: D012915:Soaps