Efficacy and effectiveness of alcohol in the disinfection of semi-critical materials: a systematic review

AbstractObjective: to assess the efficacy and the effectiveness of 60-80% alcohol (v/v) in the disinfection of semi-critical materials which were either previously cleaned or not.Method: studies obtained from BIREME, IBECS, MEDLINE, ScIELO, PubMed, Ask Medline web portals, and references from other...

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Main Authors: Maíra Marques Ribeiro, Verena Ashley Neumann, Maria Clara Padoveze, Kazuko Uchikawa Graziano
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2015-08-01
Series:Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0104-11692015000400741&lng=en&tlng=en