Antiseptic solutions for central neuraxial blockade: Which concentration of chlorhexidine in alcohol should we use? [2]

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 456-457

  Cook, T M ^a   Fischer, B ^a   Bogod, D ^a   Wildsmith, J A ^a   Counsell, D ^a   Christie, I ^a   Damien, M ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CHLORAPREP; CHLORHEXIDINE; CHLORHEXIDINE GLUCONATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; TOPICAL ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANESTHESIA; ARACHNOIDITIS; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CATHETER; DRUG SAFETY; HUMAN; INFECTION COMPLICATION; LETTER; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; NERVE BLOCK; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CROSS INFECTION; NOTE; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; INSTRUMENT STERILIZATION; NEEDLE; PATIENT SAFETY;

ANESTHESIA, CONDUCTION; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; ARACHNOIDITIS; CHLORHEXIDINE; CROSS INFECTION; HUMANS;

EID: 69049117345     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: 14716771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aep214     Document Type: Letter

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