Bacterial recolonisation of the skin under a polyurethane drape in hip surgery

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 107-116

  Fleischmann, W ^a   Meyer, H ^a   Baer, A V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Hip surgery; Polyurethane film; Skin flora

Indexed keywords

ADHESIVE AGENT; POLYURETHAN; POVIDONE IODINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HIP SURGERY; HUMAN; MALE; MIGRATION; NONHUMAN; PERMEABILITY; RECURRENT DISEASE; SKIN FLORA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; THIGH; WOUND DRESSING; BACTERIAL COUNT; BANDAGE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HIP; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SKIN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BANDAGES; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; FEMALE; HIP; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYURETHANES; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SKIN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

EID: 0029658811     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0195-6701(96)90135-8     Document Type: Article

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