Dr Viktoria Kolbe (scientist at the HARTMANN SCIENCE CENTRE) concluded the series of presentations with her presentation ‚Requirements for modern alcohol-based hand rubs‘ by explaining the requirements that alcohol-based hand disinfectants must meet for hygienic hand disinfection today. Posters and stand: current research In addition to the symposium, the HARTMANN SCIENCE CENTRE contributed a total of four posters to the ICPIC scientific programme. Topics included factors influencing the quality of hand hygiene in different clinical units, such as operating theatres and surgical outpatient clinics (P1087: ‚Factors influencing hand hygiene quality in functional units‘) Another HARTMANN study, presented as a poster, compared the physical properties of cellulose fibre wipes with those of conventional PET-based wipes. The results provide valuable practical information, particularly with regard to patient safety and user-friendliness (P1165: Analysis of the material of readyto-use disinfection wipes for surface disinfection and their impact on patient safety). FORUM You weren‘t in Geneva? No problem! All posters are available to view and download online on the ICPIC 2025 conference website. You will also find video recordings of the symposium presentations there. Find out more here: https://www.hartmann-science-center.com/en/top-issues/events/icpic-2025 The other two posters addressed questions about alcoholbased hand disinfectants that are of great interest to many practitioners in everyday clinical care. Do alcohol-based hand disinfectants (one ethanol-based and one propanol-based) fulfil the strict efficacy requirements of the EN 1500 standard in just 15 seconds? (P1238: ‘Alcohol-based hand rubs fulfil EN 1500 in 15 seconds‘). And is the recommended amount of 3 milliliters really necessary to achieve the required hand coverage? (P1239: Influence of hand rub volume on hand coverage, spillage and user preference). 5
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