A fresh look at preoperative body washing

Journal of Infection Prevention

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 11-15

  Tanner, Judith ^a   Gould, Dinah ^b   Jenkins, Philip ^a   Hilliam, Rachel ^c   Mistry, Neetesh ^a   Walsh, Susannah ^a  

^a DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c DERBY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

chlorhexidine gluconate; octenidine; Preoperative body washing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855553598     PISSN: 17571774     EISSN: 17571782     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1757177411428095     Document Type: Article

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