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Inactivation of Respiratory Syncytial Virus by Generic Hand Dishwashing Detergents and Antibacterial Hand Soaps

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Patricia A. Contreras ,
Iman R. Sami ,
Miriam E. R. Darnell ,
Martin G. Ottolini  and
Gregory A. Prince
Patricia A. Contreras
Affiliation:
Children's National Medical Center, Washington, DC
Iman R. Sami
Affiliation:
Children's National Medical Center, Washington, DC
Miriam E. R. Darnell
Affiliation:
Virion Systems, Inc, Rockville, Maryland
Martin G. Ottolini
Affiliation:
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland
Gregory A. Prince*
Affiliation:
Virion Systems, Inc, Rockville, Maryland
*
Virion Systems, Inc, 9610 Medical Center Dr, Suite 100, Rockville, MD 20850
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Abstract

In an in-vitro test, generic liquid hand dishwashing detergents were as much as 100-fold more effective than proprietary antibacterial soaps in inactivating respiratory syncytial virus (RSV). The use of such detergents for hand washing during annual RSV epidemics, or the incorporation of their antiviral components into antibacterial soaps might be considered to limit nosocomial spread (Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 1999;20:57-58).

Type
Concise Communications
Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 20 , Issue 1 , January 1999 , pp. 57 - 58
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 1999

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