The efficacy of three hand asepsis techniques using chlorhexidine gluconate (CHG 2%)

Revista da Escola de Enfermagem

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1440-1445

  da Cunha, Érika Rossetto ^a   Matos, Fabiana Gonçalvesde Oliveira Azevedo ^a,b,c   da Silva, Adriana Maria ^a,d   de Araújo, Eutália Aparecida Cândido ^a   Ferreira, Karine Azevedo São Leão ^a,e   Graziano, Kazuko Uchikawa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Control of Infection Related with Care Procedures ^*  (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSIDADE ESTADUAL DO OESTE DO PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^d Graduate Program in Adult Health Nursing ^*  (Brazil)

^e GUARULHOS UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Chlorhexidine; Handwashing; Infection control; Perioperative nursing; Surgical wound infection

Indexed keywords

CHLORHEXIDINE; CHLORHEXIDINE GLUCONATE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; TOPICAL ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASEPSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HAND WASHING; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY;

ADULT; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; ASEPSIS; CHLORHEXIDINE; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; FEMALE; HANDWASHING; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 84857681536     PISSN: 00806234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0080-62342011000600023     Document Type: Article

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