Are surgical scrubbing and pre-operative disinfection of the skin in orthopaedic surgery reliable?

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 27-31

  Salvi, M ^a   Chelo, C ^a   Caputo, F ^a   Conte, M ^a   Fontana, C ^a   Peddis, G ^b   Velluti, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^b Casa di Cura Polispecialistica S Elena   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cross infection; Disinfection; Handwashing; Povidone iodine; Staphylococcus

Indexed keywords

POVIDONE IODINE; TOPICAL ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ARTHROSCOPY; ARTICLE; CROSS INFECTION; DISINFECTION; HAND; HAND WASHING; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KNEE; MICROBIOLOGY; PREOPERATIVE CARE; SKIN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; ARTHROSCOPY; CROSS INFECTION; DISINFECTION; HAND; HANDWASHING; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; POVIDONE-IODINE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; SKIN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

EID: 30744447229     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-005-0632-y     Document Type: Article

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