Patent ID: 7435429

Claim:
A surgical hand wash, comprising: (i) two or more organic salts of zinc, each having a molar solubility in water of between about 0.17 and 1.64 moles/liter, wherein said organic salts of zinc in total are present at a combined concentration of between about 0.1 and 0.5 percent (weight/weight); (ii) farnesol at a concentration of between about 0.3 and 1.0 percent (weight/weight); (iii) panthenol at a concentration of between about 0.2 and 5 percent (weight/weight); and (iv) a quaternary ammonium compound and a biguanide, wherein the total concentration of quaternary ammonium compound and biguainde is between about 0.05 and 2.0 percent (weight/weight).