Effect of pre-operative skin preparation on post-operative wound infection.
J Postgrad Med
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1993 Jul-Sep; 39(3): 134-6
Article
in English
| IMSEAR
| ID: sea-117163
ABSTRACT
A prospective randomised trial was carried out to compare the efficacy of method of scrubbing the operative site for ten minutes with an antiseptic (GpA; n = 68) with a simplified method where the antiseptic was merely painted onto the operation site (GpB; n = 67). The median age, sex distribution and the types of procedures done in each group were similar as was the antibiotic policy. There were a total of 11 patients who got infected, 6 in the group A and 5 in the group B. No significant difference could be demonstrated in the infection rates between the two groups. It is concluded that the old method of prolonged scrubbing the operation site can safely be omitted to a more simplified version.
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IMSEAR (South-East Asia)
Main subject:
Surgical Wound Infection
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Cetrimonium Compounds
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Chlorhexidine
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Disinfection
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Prospective Studies
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Iodine
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Anti-Infective Agents, Local
Type of study:
Controlled clinical trial
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Observational study
Language:
English
Journal:
J Postgrad Med
Year:
1993
Type:
Article
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