Preoperative Shower Revisited: Can High Topical Antiseptic Levels Be Achieved on the Skin Surface Before Surgical Admission?

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 207, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 233-239

  Edmiston Jr , Charles E ^a   Krepel, Candace J ^a   Seabrook, Gary R ^a   Lewis, Brian D ^a   Brown, Kellie R ^a   Towne, Jonathan B ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORHEXIDINE GLUCONATE;

ANTISEPSIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYGIENE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN IRRITATION; SKIN SURFACE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BATHS; CHLORHEXIDINE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PILOT PROJECTS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; SKIN; SOAPS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 48949116120     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2007.12.054     Document Type: Article

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