Arbogast, James W.Bowersock, Lisa B.Parker, Albert E.Macinga, D. R.2019-07-312019-07-312019-06Arbogast, James W., Lisa B. Bowersock, Albert E. Parker, D. R. Macinga, “Randomized controlled trial evaluating the antimicrobial efficacy of chlorhexidine gluconate and para-chloro-meta-xylenol handwash formulations in real-world doses”, American Journal of Infection Control, June 2019, 47(6):726-728. DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2018.10.027.0196-6553https://scholarworks.montana.edu/handle/1/15627Chlorhexidine gluconate-based soaps have become the gold standard for handwashing in critical care settings and para-chloro-meta-xylenol is an effective alternative antibacterial active ingredient. This study benchmarked 2 novel foaming handwashes, compared to a bland soap for antimicrobial effectiveness using the health care personnel handwash method at realistic soap doses (0.9 mL and 2.0 mL). To our knowledge, this is the first published efficacy study on realistic soap doses. Both soaps met Food and Drug Administration success criteria.CC BY-NC-ND: This license is the most restrictive of our six main licenses, only allowing you to download this work and share it with others as long as you credit the original creator, but you can’t change the work in any way or use it commercially.https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/legalcodeArticle