A randomized trial of surgical scrubbing with a brush compared to antiseptic soap alone

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 11-15

  Loeb, Mark B ^a   Wilcox, Lindsay ^a   Smaill, Fiona ^a   Walter, Stephen ^a   Duff, Zoubida ^a,b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 PROPANOL; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CHLORHEXIDINE; SOAP;

ARTICLE; ASEPSIS; BACTERIUM DETECTION; DISINFECTION; HAND WASHING; INFECTION PREVENTION;

EID: 0031055669     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0196-6553(97)90047-X     Document Type: Article

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