By Ethan Covey
European researchers found that halving the recommended usage time of hand sanitizers may result in similar—if not improved—outcomes.
Such a change—reducing recommended usage from 30 to 15 seconds—also increases hand antisepsis compliance (Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2017;38[12]:1430-1434).
The study, which was conducted at the University Hospital of Greifswald, in Germany, was motivated by frequent clinician complaints that the 20 to 30 seconds of rubbing