The effect of surgical preparation technique on the bacterial load of surgical needles and suture material used during strabismus surgery

Journal of AAPOS

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 230-233

  Rogers, David L ^a,b   Chheda, Lena ^b   Ford, Carla ^b   Marcon, Mario ^a   Fellows, Rae R ^a   Rogers, Gary L ^a,b   Bremer, Don L ^a,b   McGregor, Mary Lou ^a,b   Golden, Richard P ^a,b   Cassady, Cybil Bean ^a,b  

^a NATIONWIDE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POVIDONE IODINE; SUTURE MATERIAL;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL LOAD; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYEBROW; EYELASH; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEEDLE; NONHUMAN; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STRABISMUS SURGERY; SURGICAL NEEDLE; SURGICAL PREPARATION TECHNIQUE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL LOAD; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; EYEBROWS; EYELASHES; HUMANS; NEEDLES; OCULOMOTOR MUSCLES; OPHTHALMOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; POVIDONE-IODINE; STRABISMUS; SUTURES;

EID: 79960616078     PISSN: 10918531     EISSN: 15283933     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaapos.2011.03.005     Document Type: Article

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