Avagard hand antisepsis vs. Traditional scrub in 3600 pediatric urologic procedures

Urology

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 15-17

  Weight, Christopher J ^a   Lee, Michael C ^a   Palmer, Jeffrey S ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL PLUS CHLORHEXIDINE GLUCONATE; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CHLORHEXIDINE; CHLORHEXIDINE GLUCONATE; DRUG DERIVATIVE;

ANTISEPSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HAND WASHING; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UROLOGICAL PROCEDURES; WOUND INFECTION; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL INFECTION; URINARY TRACT DISEASE;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; CHILD; CHLORHEXIDINE; HANDWASHING; HUMANS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; UROLOGIC DISEASES;

EID: 77955904356     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: 15279995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2010.01.017     Document Type: Article

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