The effect of axillary hair on surgical antisepsis around the shoulder

Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 804-808

  Marecek, Geoffrey S ^a   Weatherford, Brian M ^b   Fuller, Eric B ^c   Saltzman, Matthew D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Axilla; Infection; Propionibacterium acnes; Shoulder; Surgical preparation

Indexed keywords

2 PROPANOL; CHLORHEXIDINE GLUCONATE; CHLORHEXIDINE; TOPICAL ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ANTISEPSIS; ARTICLE; AXILLA; AXILLARY HAIR; BACTERIAL CLEARANCE; BACTERIAL LOAD; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; CORYNEBACTERIUM; HAIR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPIONIBACTERIUM ACNES; SHOULDER; WILCOXON SIGNED RANKS TEST; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTHETIC SURGERY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SKIN; SURGERY; YOUNG ADULT;

2-PROPANOL; ADULT; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; ANTISEPSIS; AXILLA; BACTERIAL LOAD; CHLORHEXIDINE; HAIR; HAIR REMOVAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROPIONIBACTERIUM ACNES; SHOULDER; SHOULDER JOINT; SKIN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84928214618     PISSN: 10582746     EISSN: 15326500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jse.2014.10.007     Document Type: Article

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