Safety and tolerability of chlorhexidine gluconate (2%) as a vaginal operative preparation in patients undergoing gynecologic surgery

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 44, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 996-998

  Al Niaimi, Ahmed ^a   Rice, Laurel W ^a   Shitanshu, Uppal ^b   Garvens, Bonnie ^a   Fitzgerald, Megan ^a   Zerbel, Sara ^a   Safdar, Nasia ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c WILLIAM S MIDDLETON MEMORIAL VETERANS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

chlorhexidine 2 ; Gynecologic surgery; patient safety; vaginal irritation

Indexed keywords

CHLORHEXIDINE GLUCONATE; CHLORHEXIDINE; POVIDONE IODINE; TOPICAL ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM COLONY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; VAGINA DISEASE; VAGINAL HYSTERECTOMY; VAGINAL IRRITATION; VAGINAL LAVAGE; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; COMPARATIVE STUDY; INTRAVAGINAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MIDDLE AGED; SURGICAL INFECTION; VAGINITIS;

ADMINISTRATION, INTRAVAGINAL; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; CHLORHEXIDINE; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; POVIDONE-IODINE; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; VAGINITIS;

EID: 84973636713     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: 15273296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2016.02.036     Document Type: Article

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