To ensure hand disinfection’s required success, all hand areas need to be completely covered with the preparation during rubbing. Since the seventies, a sequence of six steps was considered the best rub-in technique to prevent Gaps in coverage. These six steps were derived from the standard rub-in method of EN

Preoperative rub-in procedure by the application of a hand disinfectant before donning surgical gloves. Aims at the hands’ microbial flora.