Surgical hand antisepsis to reduce surgical site infection

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn , Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Tanner, Judith ^a   Swarbrook, S ^b   Stuart, J ^b  

^a DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; AMMONIUM SULFATE; BIGUANIDE; CHLORHEXIDINE GLUCONATE; ETHYLHEXADECYLDIMETHYL AMMONIUM ETHYLSULFATE; IODOPHOR; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; POVIDONE IODINE; PROPANOL; PYRITHIONE ZINC; TRICLOSAN;

ANTISEPSIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; HAND WASHING; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INVASIVE PROCEDURE; MICROBIAL GROWTH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; SURGICAL INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 44949146209     PISSN: 1469493X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD004288.pub2     Document Type: Review

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