Comparison of chlorhexidine-isopropanol with isopropanol skin antisepsis for prevention of surgical-site infection after abdominal surgery.

CONCLUSION: This study showed a benefit of adding chlorhexidine to alcohol for skin antisepsis in reducing early SSI compared with alcohol alone.
PMID: 29600816 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: The British Journal of Surgery - March 30, 2018 Category: Surgery Authors: Harnoss JC, Assadian O, Kramer A, Probst P, Müller-Lantzsch C, Scheerer L, Bruckner T, Diener MK, Büchler MW, Ulrich AB Tags: Br J Surg Source Type: research