Healthcare antiseptics
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
Persistence/cumulative testing requirement should be eliminated for alcohol hand antiseptics in the Healthcare Antiseptic Drug Products Tentative Final Monograph for the antiseptic handwash/healthcare personnel handwash category, Elaine Larson, PhD, Columbia University, says in July 30 comments. Performance criteria threaten the availability of alcohol-based hand disinfectants, she says. Comments respond to FDA's reopening of the administrative record for the topical antimicrobial drug products monograph in May (1"The Tan Sheet" June 2, 2003, In Brief)...