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Efficacy of an Ethanol-Based Hand Sanitizer for the Disinfection of Blood Pressure Cuffs

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  • Lucia Grandiere Perez

    (Service de Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales, Centre Hospitalier, 194 avenue Rubillard, 72000 Le Mans, France)

  • Céline Ramanantsoa

    (Laboratoire de Microbiologie, Centre Hospitalier, 194 avenue Rubillard, 72000 Le Mans, France)

  • Aurélie Beaudron

    (Laboratoire de Microbiologie, Centre Hospitalier, 194 avenue Rubillard, 72000 Le Mans, France)

  • Cyril Hoche Delchet

    (Laboratoire de Microbiologie, Centre Hospitalier, 194 avenue Rubillard, 72000 Le Mans, France)

  • Pascale Penn

    (Laboratoire de Microbiologie, Centre Hospitalier, 194 avenue Rubillard, 72000 Le Mans, France)

  • Pauline Comacle

    (Laboratoire de Microbiologie, Centre Hospitalier, 194 avenue Rubillard, 72000 Le Mans, France)

Abstract

Blood pressure cuffs (BP cuffs) have been implicated in some nosocomial outbreaks. We compared the efficacy of an ethanol-based hand sanitizer (EBHS) with a detergent/disinfectant for the disinfection of BP cuffs. The inner sides of 30 BP cuffs were sampled for bacterial culture. Then, the same area was divided into halves. One half was disinfected by a detergent/disinfectant and the other was disinfected by an EBHS. The bacterial count decreased significantly with both disinfectants ( p < 0.0001 compared with before disinfection). The bacterial count decrease seemed greater with the EBHS compared with the detergent/disinfectant, but the difference was not significant. Therefore, within the limits of a single application, the EBHS was an efficacious means of BP cuff disinfection. However, the repeated exposure to emollients contained in EBHS may require further studies before validating these results.

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  • Lucia Grandiere Perez & Céline Ramanantsoa & Aurélie Beaudron & Cyril Hoche Delchet & Pascale Penn & Pauline Comacle, 2019. "Efficacy of an Ethanol-Based Hand Sanitizer for the Disinfection of Blood Pressure Cuffs," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 16(22), pages 1-5, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:16:y:2019:i:22:p:4342-:d:284501
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