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Table 5 Increase of alcohol blood level

From: Ethanol is indispensable for virucidal hand antisepsis: memorandum from the alcohol-based hand rub (ABHR) Task Force, WHO Collaborating Centre on Patient Safety, and the Commission for Hospital Hygiene and Infection Prevention (KRINKO), Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany

ABHR based on

Application

Median maximum blood level (mg/L)

Baseline (mg/L) for each alcohol [98,99,100,101, 103]

Increase above baseline

References

Ethanol

10 surgical hand rubs (each 3 min) within 80 min

11

0.07

157-fold

[102]

1-Propanol 70% w/w

18

 < 0.01

 > 1,800-fold

[103]

2-Propanol 63% w/w

10

 < 0.001

 > 10,000-fold