Source avec lien : American Journal of Infection Control, (Prépublication), 10/25/2019. 10.1016/j.ajic.2019.08.030
Cette étude visait à évaluer l’efficacité d’un nouveau désinfectant pour les mains disponible sur le marché en utilisant du chlorure de benzalkonium (BZK) à 0,12 % comme ingrédient actif pour réduire la contamination cutanée transitoire par Staphylococcus aureus chez les travailleurs de la santé (TS), comparativement à un désinfectant pour les mains à 70 % d’éthanol. PMID: 31668935
Background
This study was performed to evaluate the effectiveness of a new commercially available hand sanitizer using 0.12% benzalkonium chloride (BZK) as the active ingredient in reducing transient skin contamination with Staphylococcus aureus in health care workers (HCWs), as compared with the effectiveness of a 70% ethanol-based hand sanitizer.
Methods
Fingertip touch culture plates were obtained from 40 HCWs in which all HCWs used antimicrobial soap containing 0.6% chloroxylenol for handwashing according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines for the entire study, while continuing to use the 70% ethanol-based hand sanitizer according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines for the first week. After the first week, the test subjects used the BZK hand sanitizer in place of the ethanol sanitizer. A paired sample t test was conducted to compare the mean bacterial colonies grown from HCWs fingertips during the use of the BZK and ethanol hand sanitizer.
Results
The results showed a significant reduction in total bacterial colony counts of S aureus during the week of BZK use as compared with the week of 70% ethanol sanitizer use.
Conclusions
There was a significant decrease in transient S aureus on the fingertips of HCWs in the BZK hand sanitizer use week as compared with the 70% ethanol hand sanitizer use week.