Preoperative decolonization to reduce infections in urgent lower extremity repairs
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- 6 January 2018
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in European Journal of Trauma and Emergency Surgery
- Vol. 44 (5) , 787-793
Abstract
Medical implants and surgical site infections (SSIs) can be a burden on both patients and healthcare systems with a significant rise in morbidity, mortality and costs. Preoperatively, our practice of a chlorohexidine gluconate (CHG) washcloth bath or solution shower was supplemented with nasal painting using povidone-iodine skin and nasal antiseptic (PI-SNA). We sought to measure the effectiveness in reducing SSIs in patients undergoing repair of lower extremity fractures.Keywords
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