Evaluation of surgical scrub methods for large animal surgeons

Veterinary Surgery

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 382-385

  Wan, P Y ^a   Blackford, J T ^a,b   Bemis, D A ^a   Rohrbach, B W ^a   Knoll, D E ^a   Provenza, M K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b UTCVM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CHLORHEXIDINE; POVIDONE IODINE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL INFECTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HAND WASHING; METHODOLOGY; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARD; SURGERY; TIME; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CHLORHEXIDINE; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; HANDWASHING; POVIDONE-IODINE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGERY, VETERINARY; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031230324     PISSN: 01613499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-950X.1997.tb01697.x     Document Type: Review

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