The Germicidal Action of Cleaning Agents- A Study of a Modification of Price's Procedure

Pohle, W. D.; Stuart, L. S.

doi:10.1093/infdis/67.3.275

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“…198 Alcohols have excellent in vitro germicidal activity against Gram-positive and Gram-negative vegetative bacteria (including multidrug-resistant pathogens such as MRSA and VRE), M. tuberculosis, and a variety of fungi. [287][288][289][291][292][293][294][295][296] However, they have virtually no activity against bacterial spores or protozoan oocysts, and very poor activity against some non-enveloped (non-lipophilic) viruses. In tropical settings, the lack of activity against parasites is a matter of concern about the opportunity to promote the extensive use of alcohol-based handrubs, instead of handwashing, which may at least guarantee a mechanical removal effect.…”

Section: Alcoholsmentioning

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“…Early quantitative studies of the effects of antiseptic handrubs established that alcohols effectively reduce bacterial counts on hands. 63,288,292,299 Typically, log reductions of the release of test bacteria from artificially contaminated hands average 3.5 log 10 after a 30-second application, and 4.0-5.0 log 10 after a 1-minute application. 48 In 1994, the FDA TFM classified ethanol 60-95% as a generally safe and effective active agent for use in antiseptic hand hygiene or HCW handwash products.…”

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Hand Hygiene

Longtin¹,

Sax²,

Allegranzi³

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N Engl J Med

107

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Section: Alcoholsmentioning

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Section: Alcoholsmentioning

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Hand Hygiene

Longtin¹,

Sax²,

Allegranzi³

et al. 2011

N Engl J Med

107

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“…Fig. 3 shows Priee handwashing data, published by Pohle and Stewart (7). The counts in the first several basins vary widely from one individual to another and from one experiment to another.…”

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Recent developments in the toilet‐bar market

Krause

1968

J Americ Oil Chem Soc

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During recent years eonsmners have shown an increasing willingness to purchase more expensive toilet soaps. Two types of toilet bars in particular, surfaetant formula bars and antibacterial bars, have shown steady growth.Surfaetant formula bars have gained aeceptahoe because of their excellent lathering properties and the lack of soap scum, which eliminates the unsightly "bathtub ring."Antibacterial bars have gained aeeeptanee because of their ability to reduce the number of resident bacteria on the skin. This reduces the incidence of superficial cutaneous infection and slows down the development of objectionable body odors attributable to the bacterial decomposition of sweat.

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“…Under apparently normal routine the removal curves of individuals showed some variations. These have been discussed in a previous report (4 the averages of the counts obtained with three or more individuals.…”

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“…The method employed by Price has been thoroughly examined in this laboratory (4). Although certain variables were encountered, it is believed that by this method definite conclusions can be drawn regarding the germicidal activity of soaps in the lather state on the organisms removed and those remaining on the hands.…”

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The germicidal activity of rosin soap and fatty acid-rosin soap as indicated by hand-washing experiments

Pohle¹,

Stuart

1941

Oil Soap

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Summary and Conclusions Price’s procedure as slightly modified (4) was used for studying the germicidal action of cleaning agents on the hands and showed that rosin soap and a commercial soap containing rosin were more active germicidally on the bacteria normally found on human skin than the usual commercial fatty acid soaps free from rosin soap. The experiments indicate that the lather of a 10‐percent coconut oil soap solution and of a 10‐percent coconut oil‐rosin soap solution are germicidally active against the organisms removed. However, three 2‐minute washes with these soap solutions had little effect on the bacteria not removed from the hands. The use of a 10‐percent rosin soap solution in the same manner had a marked germicidal effect against both the organisms removed and those remaining. The lather of a commercial soap containing rosin soap was shown to be germicidally active, but three 2‐minute washes had only a slight effect on the resident flora. However, the regular use of this soap daily for one week led to substantial reduction of both the transient and resident flora of the hands. The evidence of germicidal activity of rosin soaps and soaps containing rosin, both with regard to these hand‐washing experiments and the “in vitro” (7) experiments, indicates that wider consideration might well be given this type of soap where germicidal activity is of importance.

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The Germicidal Action of Cleaning Agents- A Study of a Modification of Price's Procedure

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Recent developments in the toilet‐bar market

The germicidal activity of rosin soap and fatty acid-rosin soap as indicated by hand-washing experiments

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