Does prebiopsy, nonsterile ultrasonography gel affect biopsy-site asepsis?

CardioVascular and Interventional Radiology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 131-134

  Gurel, Kamil ^a   Karabay, Oguz ^a   Gurel, Safiye ^a   Hildebolt, Charles ^b  

^a ABANT IZZET BAYSAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Asepsis; Needle biopsy; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; IODINE DERIVATIVE; POVIDINE IODINE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABDOMEN; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASEPSIS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOPSY; BREAST; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GEL; GENDER; HAIR; HEAD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROBIAL SWAB; NECK; NONSTERILE GEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SKINFOLD; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; CROSS INFECTION; DISINFECTION; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GELS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; POVIDONE-IODINE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; SKIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 38049113503     PISSN: 01741551     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00270-007-9091-9     Document Type: Article

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