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Application of the hygienic hand-disinfection test to the gloved hand. 1989

S W Newsom, and C Rowland

Papworth Hospital, Cambridge, UK.

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.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D004926	Escherichia coli	A species of gram-negative, facultatively anaerobic, rod-shaped bacteria (GRAM-NEGATIVE FACULTATIVELY ANAEROBIC RODS) commonly found in the lower part of the intestine of warm-blooded animals. It is usually nonpathogenic, but some strains are known to produce DIARRHEA and pyogenic infections. Pathogenic strains (virotypes) are classified by their specific pathogenic mechanisms such as toxins (ENTEROTOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI), etc.	Alkalescens-Dispar Group,Bacillus coli,Bacterium coli,Bacterium coli commune,Diffusely Adherent Escherichia coli,E coli,EAggEC,Enteroaggregative Escherichia coli,Enterococcus coli,Diffusely Adherent E. coli,Enteroaggregative E. coli,Enteroinvasive E. coli,Enteroinvasive Escherichia coli
D005932	Gloves, Surgical	Gloves, usually rubber, worn by surgeons, examining physicians, dentists, and other health personnel for the mutual protection of personnel and patient.	Surgical Gloves,Glove, Surgical,Surgical Glove
D006235	Hand Disinfection	The act of cleansing the hands with water or other liquid, with or without the inclusion of soap or other detergent, for the purpose of destroying infectious microorganisms.	Disinfection, Hand,Handwashing,Hand Sanitization,Hand Washing,Scrubbing, Surgical,Surgical Scrubbing,Hand Washings,Sanitization, Hand,Washing, Hand,Washings, Hand
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D012915	Soaps	Sodium or potassium salts of long chain fatty acids. These detergent substances are obtained by boiling natural oils or fats with caustic alkali. Sodium soaps are harder and are used as topical anti-infectives and vehicles in pills and liniments; potassium soaps are soft, used as vehicles for ointments and also as topical antimicrobials.	Soap Solution,Soap,Soap Solutions,Solution, Soap,Solutions, Soap