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. 2015 Jul-Aug;23(4):741–752. doi: 10.1590/0104-1169.0266.2611

Table 1. Distribution of reasons for excluding articles and their related numbers. São Paulo, SP, Brazil, 2013.

Article topic which motivated exclusion from the systematic review Total
Related to hand sanitation 622
Antisepsis of skin 54
Disinfection of accessories for administration of medications, blood collection - such as the three way system, room for teams to administrate medications 43
Alcohol was not the main active ingredient of analyzed disinfectants 42
Repeated articles 22
Alcohol action on animal behavior 16
General characteristics of alcohol 14
General hospital-acquired infection-related issues 13
Topics regarding the food industry 13
No access to abstracts and/or to articles 13
Absence of microbiological analysis 10
Disinfectant action evaluation of alcohol on non-critical products 10
Experimental studies using pieces of metals and glass 8
Alcohol ingestion 6
Related to the disinfection of surfaces 4
Topics regarding water and air 2
Disinfectant action evaluation of alcohol on critical products 2
Systematic review which compiled data on critical and semi-critical products 1
Descriptive article, absence of microbiological association with disinfection methods 1
Total of articles which have not met the inclusion criteria 896