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Less and less–influence of volume on hand coverage and bactericidal efficacy in hand disinfection

Overview of attention for article published in BMC Infectious Diseases, October 2013
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  • In the top 25% of all research outputs scored by Altmetric
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age (92nd percentile)
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Title
Less and less–influence of volume on hand coverage and bactericidal efficacy in hand disinfection
Published in
BMC Infectious Diseases, October 2013
DOI 10.1186/1471-2334-13-472
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Authors

Günter Kampf, Sigunde Ruselack, Sven Eggerstedt, Nicolas Nowak, Muhammad Bashir

Abstract

Some manufacturers recommend using 1.1 mL per application of alcohol-based handrubs for effective hand disinfection. However, whether this volume is sufficient to cover both hands, as recommended by the World Health Organization, and fulfills current efficacy standards is unknown. This study aimed to determine hand coverage for three handrubs (two gels based on 70% v/v and 85% w/w ethanol and a foam based on 70% v/v ethanol) applied at various volumes.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Unknown 53 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 10 19%
Student > Bachelor 9 17%
Student > Doctoral Student 4 8%
Researcher 4 8%
Other 3 6%
Other 6 11%
Unknown 17 32%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 11 21%
Nursing and Health Professions 3 6%
Chemical Engineering 3 6%
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science 3 6%
Engineering 3 6%
Other 9 17%
Unknown 21 40%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 20. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 30 June 2016.
All research outputs
#1,737,882
of 24,203,404 outputs
Outputs from BMC Infectious Diseases
#445
of 8,098 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#16,157
of 214,593 outputs
Outputs of similar age from BMC Infectious Diseases
#7
of 141 outputs
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