dgkh000537 10.3205/dgkh000537 urn:nbn:de:0183-dgkh0005373 Letter to the Editor Eggers Eggers Maren M

Labor Prof. Dr. G. Enders MVZ GbR, Stuttgart, Germany

m.eggers@labor-enders.de author Steinhauer Steinhauer Katrin K

bactologicum GmbH, Itzehoe, Germany

katrin.steinhauer@bactologicum.com author Brill Brill Florin H.H. FHH Ph.D.

Dr. Brill + Partner GmbH Institute for Hygiene and Microbiology, Grützmühlenweg 44, 22339 Hamburg, Germany, Phone: + 49 40 557 631 13Dr. Brill + Partner GmbH Institute for Hygiene and Microbiology, Hamburg, Germany

florian.b@brillhygiene.com author German Medical Science GMS Publishing House

Düsseldorf

610 20250306 engl This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License. Dieser Artikel ist ein Open-Access-Artikel und steht unter den Lizenzbedingungen der Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License (Namensnennung). 2196-5226 20 GMS Hygiene and Infection Control GMS Hyg Infect Control 08 Letter to the editorDear editor,The authors noticed a sensitive mistake in the paper S2k-Guideline hand antisepsis and hand hygiene in chapter 5, recommendation 28 . The claims used for activity against viruses are misspelled and may lead to misleading interpretations of the claims. This is likely due to a translation failure from German to English. Consequently, we would like to give the correct claims in Table 1 . NotesCompeting interestsThe author declares that he has no competing interests.FundingNone. Authors’ ORCIDs Eggers M: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8485-9485Steinhauer K: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4218-6152Brill FHH: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9681-8752 Kramer A Seifert J Abele-Horn M Arvand M Biever P Blacky A Buerke M Ciesek S Chaberny I Deja M Engelhart S Eschberger D Gruber B Hedtmann A Heider J Hoyme UB Jäkel C Kalbe P Luckhaupt H Novotny A Papan C Piechota H Pitten FA Reinecke V Schilling D Schulz-Schaeffer W Sunderdiek U S2k-Guideline hand antisepsis and hand hygiene 2024 GMS Hyg Infect Control Doc42 Kramer A, Seifert J, Abele-Horn M, Arvand M, Biever P, Blacky A, Buerke M, Ciesek S, Chaberny I, Deja M, Engelhart S, Eschberger D, Gruber B, Hedtmann A, Heider J, Hoyme UB, Jäkel C, Kalbe P, Luckhaupt H, Novotny A, Papan C, Piechota H, Pitten FA, Reinecke V, Schilling D, Schulz-Schaeffer W, Sunderdiek U. S2k-Guideline hand antisepsis and hand hygiene. GMS Hyg Infect Control. 2024 Sep 6;19:Doc42. DOI: 10.3205/dgkh000497 https://doi.org/10.3205/dgkh000497 Anonym 2019 DIN EN 14476:2019-10: Chemical disinfectants and antiseptics - Quantitative suspension test for the evaluation of virucidal activity in the medical area - Test method and requirements (Phase 2/Step 1); German version EN 14476:2013+A2:2019 47 DIN EN 14476:2019-10: Chemical disinfectants and antiseptics - Quantitative suspension test for the evaluation of virucidal activity in the medical area - Test method and requirements (Phase 2/Step 1); German version EN 14476:2013+A2:2019. Berlin: Beuth; 2019 Oct. p. 47. DOI: 10.31030/2348424 https://dx.doi.org/10.31030/2348424 Anonym 2023 DIN EN 14885:2023-07: Chemical disinfectants and antiseptics - Application of European Standards for chemical disinfectants and antiseptics; German version EN 14885:2022 + AC:2023 78 DIN EN 14885:2023-07: Chemical disinfectants and antiseptics - Application of European Standards for chemical disinfectants and antiseptics; German version EN 14885:2022 + AC:2023. Berlin: Beuth; 2023 Jul. p. 78. DOI: 10.31030/3423025 https://dx.doi.org/10.31030/3423025 ECHA European Chemicals Agency 2023 Guidance on the Biocidal Products Regulation – Version 6.0 August 2023. Volume II, Efficacy, Parts B+C. Assessment and evaluation ECHA European Chemicals Agency. Guidance on the Biocidal Products Regulation – Version 6.0 August 2023. Volume II, Efficacy, Parts B+C. Assessment and evaluation. Helsinki: European Chemicals Agency; 2023. DOI: 10.2823/55971 https://doi.org/10.2823/55971 Eggers M Schwebke I Suchomel M Fotheringham V Gebel J Meyer B Morace G Roedger HJ Roques C Visa P Steinhauer K The European tiered approach for virucidal efficacy testing - rationale for rapidly selecting disinfectants against emerging and re-emerging viral diseases 2021 Euro Surveill 2000708 Eggers M, Schwebke I, Suchomel M, Fotheringham V, Gebel J, Meyer B, Morace G, Roedger HJ, Roques C, Visa P, Steinhauer K. The European tiered approach for virucidal efficacy testing - rationale for rapidly selecting disinfectants against emerging and re-emerging viral diseases. Euro Surveill. 2021 Jan;26(3):2000708. DOI: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2021.26.3.2000708 https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2021.26.3.2000708 11

Table 1: Activity claims for disinfectants and antiseptics against viruses in the human medicine area

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