THE USE OF AN IODOPHOR‐IMPREGNATED PLASTIC INCISE DRAPE IN ABDOMINAL SURGERY—A CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Surgery

Volumn 57, Issue 11, 1987, Pages 859-863

  Dewan, P A ^a   Rij, A M Van ^a   Robinson, R G ^a   Skeggs, G B ^a   Fergus, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

abdominal surgery; bacterial contamination; iodophor impregnated incise drape; wound infection.

Indexed keywords

IODOPHOR;

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COMPLICATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; WOUND INFECTION;

ABDOMEN; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CLINICAL TRIALS; HUMAN; IODINE; IODOPHORS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SKIN; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 0023638352     PISSN: 00048682     EISSN: 14452197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1987.tb01281.x     Document Type: Article

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