Bacterial recolonization of the skin and wound contamination during cardiac surgery: A randomized controlled trial of the use of plastic adhesive drape compared with bare skin

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 151-158

  Falk Brynhildsen, K ^a,b   Soderquist B ^a,b   Friberg, O ^a   Nilsson, U G ^a,b  

^a ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Coagulase negative staphylococci; Contamination; Plastic adhesive drape; Propionibacterium acnes; Recolonization; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

ADHESIVE AGENT; ALCOHOL; CHLORHEXIDINE; PLASTIC;

AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; MALE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROPIONIBACTERIUM ACNES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SKIN; SKIN DECONTAMINATION; SKIN INFECTION; STERNOTOMY; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE; SURGICAL DRAPE; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL WOUND; WOUND INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DISINFECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; SKIN; THORACIC SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84878121765     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: 15322939     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2013.02.011     Document Type: Article

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