Evaluation of arthrocentesis site bacterial flora before and after 4 methods of preparation in horses with and without evidence of skin contamination

Veterinary Surgery

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 525-530

  Zubrod, Chad J ^a   Farnsworth, Kelly D ^a   Oaks, J Lindsay ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arthrocentesis; Aseptic preparation; Horse; Povidone; Skin

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

POVIDONE IODINE; TOPICAL ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTHROPATHY; ARTHROSCOPY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; INTRADERMAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SKIN;

ADMINISTRATION, CUTANEOUS; ANIMALS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; ARTHROSCOPY; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; JOINT DISEASES; POVIDONE-IODINE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN;

EID: 13844268737     PISSN: 01613499     EISSN: 1532950X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-950X.2004.04074.x     Document Type: Article

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