A Comparitive Study of Chlorhexidine Alcohol versus PovidoneIodine for Pre-operative Skin Preparation
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Incidence of surgical site infection with pre-operative skin preparation using 10% polyvidone-iodine and 0.5% chlorhexidine-alcohol.
OBJECTIVE To analyze the incidence of surgical site infection when the preoperative skin preparation was performed with 10% povidone-iodine and 0.5% chlorhexidine-alcohol. METHODS We conducted a randomized, longitudinal study based on variables obtained from patients undergoing clean and potentially contaminated operations. Those involved were divided into two groups. In group 1 (G1) we inclu...
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Chlorhexidine-Alcohol versus Povidone-Iodine for Surgical-Site Antisepsis.
BACKGROUND Since the patient's skin is a major source of pathogens that cause surgical-site infection, optimization of preoperative skin antisepsis may decrease postoperative infections. We hypothesized that preoperative skin cleansing with chlorhexidine-alcohol is more protective against infection than is povidone-iodine. METHODS We randomly assigned adults undergoing clean-contaminated surg...
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عنوان ژورنال: IOSR Journal of Dental and Medical Sciences
سال: 2017
ISSN: 2279-0861,2279-0853
DOI: 10.9790/0853-1606051720