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I.S. EN 12791:2016+A1:2017

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The latest, up-to-date edition.

Chemical disinfectants and antiseptics - Surgical hand disinfection - Test method and requirements (phase 2, step 2)

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Language(s)

English

Published date

29-11-2017

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European foreword
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Terms and definitions
4 Requirements
5 Test methods
Annex A (informative) Standard surgical handrub/-wash procedure
Annex B (informative) Quality control of soft soap
Annex C (informative) Examples of reporting of results and significance testing
Annex D (informative) WILCOXON'S matched-pairs signed-ranks test
Bibliography

This European Standard specifies a test method simulating practical conditions for establishing whether a product for surgical handrub and handwash reduces the release of resident and eventually present transient microbial flora on hands when used for the treatment of clean hands of volunteers.

Committee
CEN/TC 216
DocumentType
Test Method
Pages
36
PublisherName
National Standards Authority of Ireland
Status
Current
Supersedes

Standards Relationship
EN 12791:2016+A1:2017 Identical

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