Evidence for a standardized preadmission showering regimen to achieve maximal antiseptic skin surface concentrations of chlorhexidine gluconate, 4%, in surgical patients

JAMA Surgery

Volumn 150, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 1027-1033

  Edmiston, Charles E ^a   Lee, Cheong J ^a   Krepel, Candace J ^a   Spencer, Maureen ^b   Leaper, David ^c   Brown, Kellie R ^a   Lewis, Brian D ^a   Rossi, Peter J ^a   Malinowski, Michael J ^a   Seabrook, Gary R ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b Infection Prevention Consultants   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HUDDERSFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORHEXIDINE GLUCONATE; CHLORHEXIDINE; TOPICAL ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ARTICLE; COLORIMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SKIN SURFACE CONCENTRATION; DRUG TISSUE LEVEL; ELECTIVE SURGERY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYGIENE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SKIN DECONTAMINATION; SKIN FLORA; SKIN SURFACE; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL PATIENT; ADULT; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; BATH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISINFECTION; FEMALE; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REFERENCE VALUE; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN; SKIN CARE; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TIME FACTOR; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ADULT; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; BATHS; CHLORHEXIDINE; DISINFECTION; FEMALE; HEALTHY VOLUNTEERS; HUMANS; MALE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN; SKIN CARE; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84948181983     PISSN: 21686254     EISSN: 21686262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamasurg.2015.2210     Document Type: Article

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