Hand hygiene is a general term and includes concepts such as hand washing, hand washing with antiseptic, hand rubbing with antiseptic and surgical hand antisepsis.

Alcoholic hand antiseptic is a solution that is applied to reduce the amount of microorganisms in the upper tissue of the skin, does not require washing and drying with water, is applied directly to the hands and generally contains between 60 and 95 percent alcohol.

In the case of washing hands with soap and water, microorganisms transmitted to the upper skin of the skin during daily activities can be completely removed from the skin. However, it is not possible to get rid of microorganisms that live under the skin, in the skin and in the hair follicles by routine hand cleaning. Against these microorganisms, hand washing products with antimicrobial content should be used.

In the fight against microorganisms, the type of this microorganism, the duration of care activity of the close patient, the extent to which the skin is exposed to them, the moisture level of the skin tissue and the size and characteristics of the microorganism are important.

During the examination of the patient in the patient's bed, blood pressure and pulse measurements are taken, touching the patient's hands, clothes or linen, or by hand contact with various tools, equipment and materials, may result in various infections.

Hygienic hand washing is washing with soaps containing antiseptic to remove possible contamination of hands. This washing method is partially effective against bacteria deep in the skin tissue.

Therefore, the bactericidal activity tests of hygienic handwashing disinfectants and antiseptics used in medicine are important. These tests are performed among the bactericidal activity tests performed within the scope of disinfectant analyzes in authorized laboratories. In these tests, globally accepted test methods and test criteria are complied with and the standards published by local and foreign organizations are taken into account in the tests, measurements, analyzes and evaluation studies.