Table 3 Duration and quality of coverage of three new techniques for hand disinfection
Variation of rub-in technique | Duration (median) | Duration (mean) | Location of untreated skin areas | Size of untreated skin areas (back of hands) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whole hand | Palmar side | Dorsal side | 0% | < 5% | 5% – 15% | > 15% | |||
14 | 25 s | 26.8 s | 53% | 7% | 53% | 47% | 47% | 7% | 0% |
15 | 23 s | 22.3 s | 67% | 13% | 67% | 33% | 60% | 7% | 0% |
16 | 27 s | 27.1 s | 60% | 7% | 60% | 40% | 40% | 20% | 0% |