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Quality marks of hand disinfectants (April 2020)

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Helsinki - Several EU countries have signalled to ECHA and the European Commission that the COVID-19 pandemic has led to an increased number of non-compliant (hand) disinfectants on the market.

ECHA is collecting the national authorities’ feedback on specific difficulties and urgent questions that need to be clarified to support enforcement at a national level.

https://echa.europa.eu/-/eu-member-states-report-illegal-and-ineffective-disinfectants

 

Chlorine-based disinfectants: Requirements for VAH certification

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Information from the Robert Koch Institute in English

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New Features: Direct and free access to more than 1,000 VAH-certified disinfectants

Take advantage of the convenient access to the VAH List of Disinfectants which can now be used online without prior registration.

Quick search, advanced search and also detailed search in the individual application areas – find what you are looking for even faster.

More new features:

  • Improved auto-completion when searching by product name.
  • Retrieve certified products of a company across all application areas.
  • Sort your search results in the results table.

The compilation of a disinfectant list by a manufacturer-independent expert commission is unique in Europe and represents the highest possible safety level for prophylactic disinfection. It is precisely for this reason that the RKI specifically refers to the VAH list even in times of epidemics.

Global spread of a multidrug-resistant, community-associated Staphylococcus aureus lineage

Steinig E et al. Evolution and Global Transmission of a Multidrug-Resistant, Community-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Lineage from the Indian Subcontinent. mBio Nov 2019;10(6):e01105-19; doi: 10.1128/mBio.01105-19.

Investigation on the drying time of commercial disinfectant wipes

Brown E, Dhanireddy K, Teska P et al. Influence of drying time on prewetted disinfectant towelettes to disinfect glass surfaces. AJIC 2019;in press.

Review on disinfectant wipes

Song X, Vossebein L, Zille A. Efficacy of disinfectant-impregnated wipes used for surface disinfection in hospitals: a review. Antimicrob Resist Infect Control 2019;8,139. doi:10.1186/s13756-019-0595-2.

Is 60% and 70% isopropanol in hand disinfectants effective against “isopropanol-resistant” E. faecium?

Read the latest research on this topic in Journal of Hospital Infection:
Gebel J, Gemein S, Kampf G, Pidot SJ, Buetti N, Exner M.
Isopropanol at 60% and at 70% are effective against “isopropanol-tolerant” E. faecium.

Note the following publications with reference to disinfection:

Disinfection, sterilization, and antisepsis: An overview.
Rutala WA1, Weber DJ2.
Am J Infect Control. 2019 Jun;47S:A3-A9. doi: 10.1016/j.ajic.2019.01.018.

Best practices for disinfection of noncritical environmental surfaces and equipment in health care facilities: A bundle approach.
Rutala WA1, Weber DJ2.
Am J Infect Control. 2019 Jun;47S:A96-A105. doi: 10.1016/j.ajic.2019.01.014.

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Solid Organ Transplantation - Guidelines from the American Society of Transplantation Infectious Diseases Community of Practice.
Pereira MR1, Rana MM2; AST ID Community of Practice.
Clin Transplant. 2019 May 23:e13611. doi: 10.1111/ctr.13611. [Epub ahead of print]