the effectiveness of alcohol gel and other hand-cleansing agents against important nosocomial pathogens eficácia do álcool gel e outros agentes degermantes na remoção de importantes patógenos hospitalares aplicados artificialmente nas mãos

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We compared the effectiveness of alcohol gel with that of the traditional hand-cleansing agents in removing clinical strains of Acinetobacter baumannii, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli, Enterococcus faecalis, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and Candida albicans from artificially contaminated hands. The fingertips of 6 volunteers were contaminated with approximately 10(6) of microbial cells, and then were washed with: plain liquid soap, alcohol gel, 70% ethyl alcohol (by weight), 10% povidone-iodine liquid soap (PVP-I), and 4% chlorhexidine gluconate detergent. The experiments were performed using a Latin square statistical design, with six 6 x 5 randomized blocks, and the results were estimated by ANOVA. The products reduced from 93.83% (plain liquid soap) to 100% (PVP-I) of the microbial population applied to the hands. In 4 of 6 test microorganisms analyzed, 10% PVP-I, alcohol gel, 70% ethyl alcohol, and 4% chlorhexidine had significantly higher removal rates than plain liquid soap (P < 0.05). The results confirm the effectiveness of alcohol gel for hand hygiene and suggest that 10% PVP-I, alcohol gel, 70% ethyl alcohol, and 4% chlorhexidine may be more effective than plain liquid soap for removing A. baumannii, E. coli, E. faecalis, and C. albicans strains from heavily contaminated hands.
Nós comparamos a eficácia do álcool gel com a dos tradicionais agentes degermantes preconizados para a lavagem das mãos na remoção de amostras clínicas de Acinetobacter baumannii, Staphylococcus aureus resistente a meticilina, Escherichia coli, Enterococcus faecalis, Pseudomonas aeruginosa e Candida albicans das mãos artificialmente contaminadas. As pontas dos dedos dos voluntários (n=6) foram contaminadas com aproximadamente 10(6) de células/microrganismo teste. A seguir, as mãos foram lavadas com sabonete líquido não medicamentoso, álcool gel, álcool etílico 70% (concentração por peso) e soluções anti-sépticas detergentes de polivinilpirrolidona-iodo a 10% (PVP-I) e de gluconato de clorhexidina 4%. Os experimentos foram realizados segundo um quadrado latino com seis blocos aleatorizados 6 x 5. Os resultados foram estimados por ANOVA. Os produtos reduziram de 93,83% (sabão líquido) a 100% (PVP-I 10%) a população microbiana aplicada nas mãos. Em 4 dos 6 microrganismos testes analisados, o PVP-I 10%, o álcool gel, o álcool etílico 70% e a clorhexidina 4% mostraram uma taxa de remoção significantemente superior a do sabão líquido (P < 0,05). Os resultados confirmam a eficácia do álcool gel na higienização das mãos e sugerem que o PVP-I 10%, o álcool gel, o álcool etílico 70% e a clorhexidina 4% podem ser os agentes mais eficazes do que o sabão líquido não medicamentoso na remoção de Acinetobacter baumannii, Escherichia coli, Enterococcus faecalis e Candida albicans das mãos altamente contaminadas.
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Authors ;Silvio Evandro Daniel Hernandes;Aline Cláudia de Mello;Janete Jordão Sant'Ana;Vanessa Sarto Soares;Valdir Cassiolato;Lourdes Botelho Garcia;Celso Luíz Cardoso
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