Evaluation of antiseptic use in plastic and hand surgery

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 490-494

  Keser, Abdulmuttalip ^a,d   Bozkurt, Murat ^a   Taner, Ömer Faruk ^a   Yorgancigil, Birdal ^b   Dogan, Metin ^a   Sensoz, Omer ^c  

^a Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology   (Turkey)

^b SULEYMAN DEMIREL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c Numune Teaching and Research Hospital   (Turkey)

^d NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Antiseptic use; Hand surgery; Hospital infection; Plastic surgery

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BENZALKONIUM CHLORIDE; POVIDONE IODINE;

ANTISEPSIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL FLORA; BACTERIUM CULTURE; EVALUATION; HAND SURGERY; HAND WASHING; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; PLASTIC SURGERY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCRUB; SURGICAL GLOVE;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; HAND; HUMANS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 27644508735     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.sap.0000182663.01041.84     Document Type: Article

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