Table 1.

Efficacy of a clear skin antiseptic on the forehead applied for 10 min

Study facility and number of subjects	Sampling time after beginning of application	Mean pre-value of bacterial density	RF (mean and stdev) of reference treatment (10 min exposure)	RF (mean and stdev) of clear skin antiseptic A (10 min exposure)	p-value
A (n = 20)	10 min	3.88 ± 0.79	2.15 ± 0.78	2.72 ± 0.99	0.036
	30 min		1.94 ± 1.02	2.39 ± 0.97	0.012
B (n = 20)	10 min	3.81 ± 0.45	2.44 ± 0.81	2.89 ± 0.70	0.10
	30 min		2.97 ± 0.96	3.45 ± 0.61	0.044
All (n = 40)	10 min	n.a.	2.29 ± 0.80	2.81 ± 0.85	0.005
	30 min		2.46 ± 1.11	2.92 ± 0.96	0.004