Table 1.

Mean log₁₀-reduction (RF) ± s.d. of Sterillium Rub™ (3 min) and Avagard in comparison to the reference alcohol (60% v/v n-propanol; 3 min) for surgical hand disinfection according to prEN 12791.

Product	Pre-value	0 h		3 h
		mean RF	p-value	mean RF	p-value
Sterillium Rub	4.39 ± 0.83	2.59 ± 1.19	> 0.1	1.73 ± 1.08	> 0.1
Reference treatment	4.44 ± 0.90	2.58 ± 1.16		1.67 ± 0.96
Avagard	4.46 ± 0.71	1.82 ± 1.40	0.009	1.41 ± 1.08	0.008
Reference treatment	4.38 ± 0.66	2.98 ± 0.90		2.56 ± 1.17