Clinical efficacy of a chlorous acid preoperative skin antiseptic

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 406-412

  Aly, R ^a   Bayles, C ^a   Bibel, D J ^a   Maibach, H I ^a   Orsine, C A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CHLORHEXIDINE GLUCONATE; MANDELIC ACID; SODIUM CHLORITE;

ABDOMEN; ADULT; AGED; ANTISEPSIS; ARTICLE; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG FORMULATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFECTION CONTROL; INGUINAL REGION; MALE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 0031824978     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0196-6553(98)70036-7     Document Type: Article

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