Prospective randomized trial of 10% povidone-iodine versus 0.5% tincture of chlorhexidine as cutaneous antisepsis for prevention of central venous catheter infection

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 1001-1007

  Humar, Atul ^a   Ostromecki, Aileen ^a   Direnfeld, Judy ^a   Marshall, John C ^a   Lazar, Neil ^a   Houston, Patricia C ^b,c   Boiteau, Paul ^a,d   Conly, John M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORHEXIDINE; POVIDONE IODINE;

ADULT; ANTISEPSIS; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CATHETER INFECTION; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SKIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; BACTEREMIA; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; CHLORHEXIDINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POVIDONE-IODINE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0034450710     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/318145     Document Type: Article

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