The effectiveness of standard povidone iodine surgical preparation in decontaminating external fixator components

Injury

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1449-1452

  Hak, David J ^a   Wiater, Patrick J ^b   Williams, Robert M ^c   Pierson, Carl L ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Beverly Hills Orthopaedics   (United States)

^c WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

External fixation; Sterility; Surgical site preparation

Indexed keywords

POVIDONE IODINE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIUM COLONY; CLAMP; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EXTERNAL FIXATOR; FRACTURE EXTERNAL FIXATION; HUMAN; INSTRUMENT STERILIZATION; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; BONE NAILS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DECONTAMINATION; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EXTERNAL FIXATORS; FOMITES; HANDWASHING; HUMANS; POVIDONE-IODINE; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 27744436150     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2005.05.006     Document Type: Article

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