Preoperative skin antiseptics for preventing surgical wound infections after clean surgery

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2013, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Dumville, Jo C ^a   Mcfarlane, Emma ^b   Edwards, Peggy ^a   Lipp, Allyson ^c   Holmes, Alexandra ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH AND CARE EXCELLENCE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLAMORGAN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CHLORHEXIDINE GLUCONATE; IODOPHOR; POVIDONE IODINE; CHLORHEXIDINE; IODINE DERIVATIVE; TOPICAL ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; CLINICAL OUTCOME; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREOPERATIVE TREATMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SURGICAL INFECTION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; META ANALYSIS; PREOPERATIVE CARE;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; CHLORHEXIDINE; ETHANOL; HUMANS; IODINE COMPOUNDS; POVIDONE-IODINE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84880066880     PISSN: 14651858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD003949.pub3     Document Type: Review

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