You're not as clean as you think! The role of asepsis in reducing infectious complications related to regional anesthesia

Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 376-379

  Hebl, James R ^a   Horlocker, Terese T ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF UROLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CHLORHEXIDINE; CORTICOSTEROID; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; POVIDONE IODINE;

ASEPSIS; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CATHETER; EDITORIAL; EPIDURAL ABSCESS; FACE MASK; GOOD CLINICAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; INFECTION; MENINGITIS; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; NEEDLE; PARALYSIS; PERSONAL HYGIENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; SKIN; SKIN DECONTAMINATION; SKIN FLORA;

EID: 0141751897     PISSN: 10987339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rapm.2003.08.005     Document Type: Editorial

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