Sterility of surgical site marking

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 87, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 2193-2195

  Cronen, Geoffrey ^a   Ringus, Vytautas ^a   Sigle, Gavin ^a   Ryu, Jaiyoung ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POVIDONE IODINE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOREARM; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PHALANX; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; SKIN CULTURE; SKIN DECONTAMINATION; SURGICAL ERROR; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 26044464765     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.E.00293     Document Type: Article

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