Homosexuality in institutionalized retardates.

directly onto the hands, which were subsequently scrubbed, it would be improbable that " q u e n c h i n g " of activity would be an issue for concern. Regarding concern # 3 , single plates were not used, rather the solutions were plated in triplicate and a mean value used. The dilution fortunately did inactivate the formulation, but it also provided a comfortable number of colonies per plate for accurate counts to be obtained. C o n c e r n # 4 a d d r e s s e s an erroneous interpretation of provided data and has been carefully addressed in the October 1986 issue of Infection Control, p. 484. It is emphasized that data presented in this publication do not agree with data presented in other publications, including their own, regarding the use of the hand spongebrush impregnated with chlorhexidine gluconate. This fact may well be due to different condit ions unde r which the exper iments were performed, or it may be related to a difference in efficacy of the formulation between usage directly from the quart bottle with subsequent brushing, on the one hand, and usage in the prepackaged form, on the other hand. Once again, I hope the information provided herein will be of value to the readers of Infection Control, and I thank you for the opportuni ty to respond to these points of concern.