Comparison of Two Pre-Surgical Skin Preparation Techniques

Canadian Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 154-156

  Gibson, Karen L ^a   Donald, Alan W ^a   Hariharan, Harihar ^a   McCarville, Carole ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CHLORHEXIDINE; IODOPHOR;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; BREATHING; CAT; CAT DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; DOG DISEASE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HYSTERECTOMY; METHODOLOGY; OVARIECTOMY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STANDARD; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; SURGICAL INFECTION;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BODY TEMPERATURE; CAT DISEASES; CATS; CHLORHEXIDINE; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HYSTERECTOMY; IODOPHORS; OVARIECTOMY; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RESPIRATION; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 0031112588     PISSN: 08309000     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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