Value of hand disinfection by rubbing with alcohol prior to surgery in a tropical setting;Intérêt de la désinfection chirurgicale des mains par friction alcoolique en milieu tropical

Medecine Tropicale

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 463-466

  Adjoussou, S ^a   Konan Ble R ^a   Seni K ^a   Fanny, M ^a   Toure Ecra, A ^a   Koffi, A ^a   Kone M ^a  

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER UNIVERSITAIRE DE YOPOUGON   (Côte d’Ivoire)

Author keywords

Alcoholic hand disinfection; C te d'Ivoire; Surgical hand washing

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; TOPICAL ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ALCOHOLIC HAND DISINFECTION; ARTICLE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; HAND; HAND WASHING; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN DECONTAMINATION; SURGICAL INFECTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DISINFECTION; METHODOLOGY; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; TROPIC CLIMATE; TROPICAL MEDICINE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DISINFECTION; ETHANOL; HANDWASHING; HUMANS; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TROPICAL CLIMATE; TROPICAL MEDICINE; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 75349102147     PISSN: 0025682X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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