In Brief: Antimicrobial health care continuum model

Antimicrobial health care continuum model: To be discussed at the Jan. 22 joint meeting of FDA's Nonprescription Drugs and Anti-Infective Drugs Advisory Committees. The Cosmetic, Toiletry and Fragrance Association and the Soap and Detergent Association will make a joint presentation on the model at the meeting. CTFA and SDA proposed the HCCM to expand FDA's health care antiseptic categories, outlined in the June 1994 tentative final monograph on antimicrobial ingredients, to include general-use handwash, general-use bodywash and food handlers' handwash categories...