Antisepsis before skin injections: does the WHO recommendation for washing, instead alcohol-based antisepsis, achieve the same efficacy?
Both methods are acceptable for legal reasons. However, if no live vaccines are applied, alcohol-based antiseptics are preferable because they are more user-friendly.
Authors
- Miranda Suchomel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8758-9652)
- Ojan Assadian (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0129-8761)
- Uche N. Eze
- Simone Scheithauer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0773-4739)
- Torsten Koburger‐Janssen
- Axel Krämer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4193-2149)
- Paula Zwicker (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8891-7160)
- Martin Exner
- David Leaper
- Jürgen Gebel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9328-3174)
Institutions
- University of Nigeria (NG)
- University of Huddersfield (GB)
- University of Bonn (DE)
- Universitätsmedizin Greifswald (DE)
- Fachhochschule Wiener Neustadt (AT)
- Universitätsmedizin Göttingen (DE)
- Institute of Medical Microbiology and Hygiene (DE)
- University of Göttingen (DE)
- Medical University of Vienna (AT)
Publication Details
- Journal
- PubMed
- Published
- 2025-09-22
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3205/dgkh000581
- Primary Topic
- Infection Control in Healthcare
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00