Table 1.

Drying durations by dose and product: value of percentile 25 of duration of tests made for each product and each duration (i.e. 75% of tests have been longer than this value).

EN 1500 contact time validateda	Products	Dose 1.5 ml		Dose 2 ml		Dose 3 ml
		Tests number	Percentile 25b (s)	Tests number	Percentile 25b (s)	Tests number	Percentile 25b (s)
15 s	Purell	28	21	33	30	28	41
	Purell 85	14	20	21	24	14	32
	Softalind hand sanitizer	14	19	14	25	14	28
30 s	Actisène alcoogel	25	26	14	25	30	44
	Alcocide	19	24	19	25	19	40
	Alcogel H	24	19	24	22	24	35
	Anios gel 85 NPC	22	22	26	25	29	35
	Dermalkan	14	25	–	–	–	–
	Desderman gel	41	19	28	25	42	40
	Desderman N	32	17	30	25	34	32
	Elusept gel	11	25	13	25	11	30
	GHA	12	25	11	35	12	56
	Manugel 85 NPC	21	20	31	25	21	33
	Manupure	14	28	–	–	14	37
	Manurub	18	25	17	31	19	47
	Manurub gel	19	20	7	28	27	43
	Nosocomia gel	19	22	19	25	19	31
	Spitacid	14	20	14	22	14	30
	Spirigel	28	17	28	25	28	31
	Sterilium	–	–	15	30	–	–
	Alco Aloe gel	26	21	33	28	26	42
	Alco Aloe solution	27	19	14	19	25	21
2 × 30 s	Assanis pro	21	22	21	24	21	37
	Elusept solution	25	18	19	20	26	30
	Procide	14	22	14	25	15	38
	Septigel	36	20	24	26	34	36
	Stoko progel	17	22	20	24	14	39
	Stokosept	20	25	24	31	32	41

^aSuppliers data.

^bValue of percentile 25: the duration of hand rubbing was considered effective, according to the 2002 French guidelines, if this value is longer than or equal to 30 s, and effective according to the EN 1500 if this value is longer than or equal to that of the contact time validated by the product by means of EN 1500.