title: Hand scrub products--performance requirements versus clinical relevance.
abstract: The US Food and Drug Administration regulates antimicrobial label claims for surgical hand scrub products. Surgical scrub products must meet preset performance criteria for immediate, persistent, and residual antimicrobial properties. Although the test currently used to validate surgical hand scrub products is rigorous in research methodology, it lacks practical clinical relevance.
authors.affiliation: BioScience Laboratories, Inc., Bozeman, Mont, USA.
authors.forename: Daryl S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Paulson
mesh_terms: D000891:Anti-Infective Agents, Local / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000592:standards*; D000985:Antisepsis / Q000592:standards; D001419:Bacteria / Q000187:drug effects; D006225:Hand / Q000382:microbiology; D006235:Hand Disinfection / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D013527:Perioperative Nursing / Q000592:standards*; D014481:United States; D014486:United States Food and Drug Administration / Q000592:standards*
chemical_list: D000891:Anti-Infective Agents, Local