Are alcohol gels better than liquid hand rubs?

doi:10.1186/cc5947

Critical Care
Volume 11
Issue 4

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Are alcohol gels better than liquid hand rubs?

Matthias Maiwald¹ and Andreas F Widmer²

¹Department of Microbiology & Infectious Diseases, Flinders University and Flinders Medical Centre, Bedford Park, Adelaide, SA 5042, Australia

²Division of Infectious Diseases & Hospital Epidemiology, University Hospitals Basel, Petersgraben 4, 4031 Basel, Switzerland

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Critical Care 2007, 11:418doi:10.1186/cc5947


Published:	6 July 2007

See related research by Traore et al., http://ccforum.com/content/11/3/R52

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We read with great interest the study by Traore and coauthors, comparing an alcohol hand gel with a liquid hand hygiene formulation in an intensive care unit [1]. The authors reported better user acceptability for the gel. Compliance for both formulations was significantly better (P = 0.035) when healthcare workers had easy access to hand rubs, but the difference in compliance between the gel and the liquid was not statistically significant.