Results of a survey regarding perioperative antiseptic practices

Journal of Cutaneous Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 134-139

  Eisen, Daniel B ^a,b   Warshawski, Laurence ^a,b   Zloty, David ^a,b   Azari, Rahman ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM TOXIN;

ANTISEPSIS; ARTICLE; CHEMOSURGERY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EYELID RECONSTRUCTION; FACE MASK; HAIR TRANSPLANTATION; HAND WASHING; INFECTION RATE; LIPOSUCTION; MINIMALLY INVASIVE PROCEDURE; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SURGERY; SURGICAL BOOT; SURGICAL CAP; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL GOWN;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; DERMATOLOGY; HUMANS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 67651152949     PISSN: 12034754     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2310/7750.2008.08019     Document Type: Article

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