Should surgeons scrub with chlorhexidine or iodine prior to surgery?

Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1017-1021

  Jarral, Omar A ^a   McCormack, David J ^a   Ibrahim, Sammra ^a   Shipolini, Alex R ^a  

^a LONDON CHEST HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chlorhexidine; Povidone iodine

Indexed keywords

CHLORHEXIDINE; POVIDONE IODINE;

ANTISEPSIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; COLONY FORMING UNIT; HAND WASHING; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SURGEON; SURGICAL INFECTION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; ANTISEPSIS; BENCHMARKING; CHLORHEXIDINE; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DISINFECTANTS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HAND; HANDWASHING; HUMANS; POVIDONE-IODINE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; SKIN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79958744747     PISSN: 15699293     EISSN: 15699285     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1510/icvts.2010.259796     Document Type: Article

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