Hand Hygiene Blog

Last time, we wrote about the  two most important standards for testing the efficacy of handrubs ; the European CEN  EN 1500   and the American  ASTM E-1174 . Now we summarize the main weaknesses of these standards.

Hand hygiene with alcohol-based hand rub is considered to be the most efficient tool to prevent the spread of nosocomial infections. In addition to compliance – performing hand hygiene at appropriate frequency – the efficacy of hand hygiene technique has key importance.