Chlorhexidine-alcohol versus povidone-iodine for surgical-site antisepsis

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 362, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 18-26

  Darouiche, Rabih O ^a   Wall Jr , Matthew J ^a   Itani, Kamal M F ^b   Otterson, Mary F ^c   Webb, Alexandra L ^d   Carrick, Matthew M ^a   Miller, Harold J ^a   Awad, Samir S ^a   Crosby, Cynthia T ^e   Mosier, Michael C ^f   Alsharif, Atef ^a   Berger, David H ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e Cardinal Health   (United States)

^f WASHBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 PROPANOL; CHLORAPREP; CHLORHEXIDINE; POVIDONE IODINE; SCRUB CARE SKIN PREP TRAY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CHLORHEXIDINE GLUCONATE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; TOPICAL ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ANTISEPSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; GRAM POSITIVE INFECTION; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEPSIS; SKIN INCISION; SURGICAL INFECTION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG COMBINATION; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK FACTOR; SKIN; STATISTICAL MODEL;

2-PROPANOL; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; ANTISEPSIS; CHLORHEXIDINE; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG COMBINATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POVIDONE-IODINE; RISK FACTORS; SKIN; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 74049114688     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa0810988     Document Type: Article

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