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Article: CDC to recommend use of alcohol-based rubs. (Cuts Infections, Less Irritating than Soap).
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- OB GYN News
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- November 1, 2002
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SAN DIEGO -- "Rub-a-dub-dub" is about to take on a whole new meaning for U.S. health care workers.
New guidelines on hand hygiene to be released this fall by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will promote the use of alcohol-based "rubs" that can be slathered onto the hands in lieu of washing, Dr. John M. Boyce said at the annual Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy.
Federal officials hope that dismal rates of compliance with hand-hygiene guidelines last produced by the CDC in 1985 and by other organizations in 1988 and 1995 will improve with the convenience and user friendliness of the alcohol-based rubs. A 1999 ...