Paint-only is equivalent to scrub-and-paint in preoperative preparation of abdominal surgery sites

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 201, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 737-741

  Ellenhorn, Joshua D I ^a   Smith, David D ^a   Schwarz, Roderich E ^a,c   Kawachi, Mark H ^a   Wilson, Timothy G ^a   McGonigle, Kathryn F ^a,b   Wagman, Lawrence D ^a   Paz, I Benjamin ^a  

^a CITY OF HOPE NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA MASON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; IODINE; PAINT; POVIDONE IODINE;

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INCISION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUTROPENIA; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; WOUND INFECTION;

ABDOMINAL WALL; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; DISINFECTION; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; POVIDONE-IODINE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; SKIN; SKIN CARE; SOAPS; SOLUTIONS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 27544475039     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2005.05.023     Document Type: Article

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