Effect of Long-Term Use of Alcohol-Containing Handwashing Gels on the Biofilm-Forming Capacity of

Rosa M Lopez-Gigosos, Eloisa Mariscal-Lopez, Mario Gutierrez-Bedmar, Alberto Mariscal

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Article in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1.6field-weighted citation impact, top 18% of its field

1 · What the graph read from it

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1 citing paper in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

Influence of sub-inhibitory concentrations of antiseptics on biofilm formation in S. epidermidis.Brazilian journal of microbiology : [publication of the Brazilian Society for Microbiology] · 2025
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4 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Rosa M Lopez-GigososDepartment of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Malaga University, 29016 Málaga, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-5303-3151

Eloisa Mariscal-LopezDepartment of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Malaga University, 29016 Málaga, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-5825-8579

Mario Gutierrez-BedmarDepartment of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Malaga University, 29016 Málaga, Spain.ORCID 0000-0003-0898-8212

Alberto MariscalDepartment of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Malaga University, 29016 Málaga, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-4684-2161

Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de Málaga · ESHospital Costa del Sol · ESInstituto de Salud Carlos III · ES

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has promoted the use of hand sanitizers among the general population as recommended by health authorities. Alcohols, which are used in many hand sanitizers, have been shown to promotes the formation of biofilms by certain bacteria and to increase bacterial resistance to disinfection. We investigated the effect of continued use of alcohol-based gel hand sanitizer on biofilm formation by the

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COVID-19Hand SanitizersStaphylococcal InfectionsBiofilmsCulture MediaEthanolHand DisinfectionHumansStaphylococcus epidermidisCulture MediaEthanolHand Sanitizersalcohol-based gelbiofilmhand disinfectionStaphylococcus epidermidis

Identifiers

PMID36981945

DOI10.3390/ijerph20065037

PMCPMC10049709

OpenAlexW4324094536

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