Halving the risk of infection following surgery

(University of Leeds) New analysis by the University of Leeds and the University of Bern of more than 14,000 operations has found that using alcoholic chlorhexidine gluconate (CHG) halves the risk of infection in certain types of surgery when compared to the more commonly used povidone-iodine (PVI).
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news