Wash & go - But with what? skin antiseptic solutions for central neuraxial block

Anaesthesia

Volumn 67, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 819-822

  Checketts, M R ^a  

^a NINEWELLS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CHLORAPREP; CHLORHEXIDINE; CHLORHEXIDINE GLUCONATE; HYDREX; PHENOL; POVIDONE IODINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARACHNOIDITIS; ASEPTIC MENINGITIS; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; EPIDURAL ABSCESS; EPIDURAL CATHETER; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; NERVE BLOCK; NEUROTOXICITY; PARAPLEGIA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; SKIN DECONTAMINATION; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC);

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; CHLORHEXIDINE; HUMANS; NERVE BLOCK; SKIN; SOLUTIONS;

EID: 84863700975     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: 13652044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.2012.07263.x     Document Type: Review

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