Preoperative hair removal to reduce surgical site infection

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2021, Issue 8, 2021, Pages

  Tanner, Judith ^a   Melen, Kate ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b DERBY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLIPPING; GRADE APPROACH; HAIR REMOVAL; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RATE; LENGTH OF STAY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SHAVING; SURGICAL INFECTION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 85115042547     PISSN: 14651858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD004122.pub5     Document Type: Article

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