Surgical Preparation Solutions and Preoperative Skin Disinfection

Journal of Hand Surgery

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 940-941

  Bhavan, Kavita Polineni ^a   Warren, David K ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 PROPANOL; ALCOHOL; ALCOHOL DERIVATIVE; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CHLORAPREP; CHLORHEXIDINE; CHLORHEXIDINE GLUCONATE; CHLOROXYLENOL; DISINFECTANT AGENT; IODOPHOR; POVIDONE IODINE; PROTAMINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTISEPSIS; ARTICLE; CLEANING; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; CORYNEBACTERIUM; HAND SURGERY; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INCIDENCE; INCISION; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE TREATMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN DECONTAMINATION; SKIN FLORA; SKIN INFECTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; WOUND INFECTION;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; DISINFECTION; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; SKIN; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 65349131246     PISSN: 03635023     EISSN: 15316564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2009.03.008     Document Type: Article

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