Table 5 Three-month assessment of microbial death at 15 s for alcohol solutions containing different carbomer concentrations

1

Ethanol

47.55 ± 0.93

32.84 ± 0.92*

74.38 ± 0.86

67.80 ± 0.52*

Isopropyl alcohol

43.75 ± 0.74^†

39.46 ± 0.93*^†

71.88 ± 0.71^†

63.16 ± 0.52*^†

2

Ethanol

33.21 ± 0.77

29.04 ± 1.32*

43.43 ± 1.04

57.93 ± 1.19*

Isopropyl alcohol

38.60 ± 0.74^†

36.27 ± 0.93*^†

67.12 ± 0.52^†

57.03 ± 0.71*

3

Ethanol

19.85 ± 1.11

25.25 ± 2.03*

37.98 ± 0.86

47.05 ± 0.98*

Isopropyl alcohol

31.74 ± 0.56^†

30.88 ± 0.98^†

57.82 ± 1.23^†

52.95 ± 0.52*^†