Efficacy of adhesive incise drapes in preventing bacterial contamination of clean canine surgical wounds

Veterinary Surgery

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 732-737

  Owen, Laura J ^a   Gines, J Alberto ^b   Knowles, Toby G ^b   Holt, Peter E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESIVE AGENT;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BED; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; FEMALE; HINDLIMB; HYSTERECTOMY; MALE; OVARIECTOMY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SURGICAL INFECTION;

ADHESIVES; ANIMALS; BEDDING AND LINENS; DOGS; FEMALE; HYSTERECTOMY; MALE; OVARIECTOMY; STIFLE; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANIS FAMILIARIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

EID: 68749106291     PISSN: 01613499     EISSN: 1532950X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-950X.2009.00537.x     Document Type: Article

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