Antibacterial efficacy of handrubbing for 15 versus 30 seconds: EN 1500-based randomized experimental study with different loads of Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia coli.

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• D Pires
  Infection Control Programme, WHO Collaborating Centre on Patient Safety, Infection Control & Improving Practices, University of Geneva Hospitals and Faculty of Medicine, Geneva, Switzerland; Department of Infectious Diseases, Centro Hospitalar Lisboa Norte and Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal.
• H Soule
  Infection Control Programme, WHO Collaborating Centre on Patient Safety, Infection Control & Improving Practices, University of Geneva Hospitals and Faculty of Medicine, Geneva, Switzerland.
• F Bellissimo-Rodrigues
  Infection Control Programme, WHO Collaborating Centre on Patient Safety, Infection Control & Improving Practices, University of Geneva Hospitals and Faculty of Medicine, Geneva, Switzerland; Social Medicine Department, Ribeirão Preto Medical School, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil.
• M E A de Kraker
  Infection Control Programme, WHO Collaborating Centre on Patient Safety, Infection Control & Improving Practices, University of Geneva Hospitals and Faculty of Medicine, Geneva, Switzerland.
• D Pittet
  Infection Control Programme, WHO Collaborating Centre on Patient Safety, Infection Control & Improving Practices, University of Geneva Hospitals and Faculty of Medicine, Geneva, Switzerland. Electronic address: didier.pittet@hcuge.ch.

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