Skin preparation with alcohol versus alcohol followed by any antiseptic for preventing bacteraemia or contamination of blood for transfusion

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2015, Issue 2, 2015, Pages

  Webster, Joan ^a,b,c   Bell Syer, Sally E M ^d   Foxlee, Ruth ^e  

^a ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^e Cochrane Editorial Unit ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; POVIDONE IODINE; TOPICAL ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

BACTEREMIA; BLOOD CONTAMINATION; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CLINICAL OUTCOME; CONTAMINATION; DEATH; HUMAN; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RECIPIENT; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEPSIS; SEPTIC SHOCK; SKIN DECONTAMINATION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; DISINFECTION; MICROBIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SKIN;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; BACTEREMIA; BLOOD DONORS; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; DISINFECTION; ETHANOL; HUMANS; SKIN;

EID: 84934323827     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1469493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD007948.pub3     Document Type: Review

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