Vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium sensitivity to isopropyl alcohol before and after implementing alcohol hand rubbing in a hospital - 23/08/19
Doi : 10.1016/j.ajic.2019.03.027
Consuelo G. Tinajero, MD a, Miriam Bobadilla-Del Valle, PhD b, Jose A. Alvarez, MD, PhD a, c, Juan L. Mosqueda, MD, PhD a, Alfredo Ponce De Leon, MD b, Alejandro E. Macias, MD a, ⁎ 
a Microbiology Laboratory, Department of Medicine, University of Guanajuato, León, Mexico
b National Institute of Medical Sciences and Nutrition Salvador Zubiran, Mexico City, Mexico
c Research Department, Bajio Regional High Specialty Hospital, Secretariat of Health, León, Mexico
⁎Address correspondence to Alejandro E. Macias, MD, Universidad de Guanajuato, 20 de Enero 929, León, Guanajuato, México 37000.Universidad de Guanajuato20 de Enero 929LeónGuanajuato37000México
Résumé |
A recent study reported enterococci that developed alcohol tolerance. We measured minimum inhibitory concentrations (MICs) of isopropyl alcohol against 55 vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium. We did not find an increase in MICs when comparing the periods before and after the use of alcohol for hand hygiene in a hospital, and we did not find a single isolate with a MIC higher than 11.5%. We consider alcohol to still be an effective measure for hand antisepsis.
Le texte complet de cet article est disponible en PDF.Key Words : hand hygiene, hand antisepsis, disinfectants
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Vol 47 - N° 9
P. e27-e29 - septembre 2019 Retour au numéro
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