Chlorhexidine–Alcohol versus Povidone–Iodine for Surgical-Site Antisepsis

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Authors

Rabih O. Darouiche · Baylor College of Medicine

Matthew J. Wall

Kamal M.F. Itani · VA Boston Healthcare System

Mary F. Otterson · Medical College of Wisconsin

Alexandra L. Webb · Veterans Health Administration

Matthew M. Carrick · Ben Taub Hospital

Harold J. Miller · Baylor College of Medicine

Abstract

Preoperative cleansing of the patient's skin with chlorhexidine-alcohol is superior to cleansing with povidone-iodine for preventing surgical-site infection after clean-contaminated surgery. (ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT00290290.)

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Surgical site infection prevention Wound Healing and Treatments Surgical Sutures and Adhesives

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Published in: New England Journal of Medicine

Volume 362, Issue 1, pp. 18-26

DOI: 10.1056/nejmoa0810988

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Chlorhexidine–Alcohol versus Povidone–Iodine for Surgical-Site Antisepsis

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