The Forgotten Role of Alcohol: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of the Clinical Efficacy and Perceived Role of Chlorhexidine in Skin Antisepsis

BACKGROUND: Skin antisepsis is a simple and effective measure to prevent infections. The efficacy of chlorhexidine is actively discussed in the literature on skin antisepsis. However, study outcomes due to chlorhexidine-alcohol combinations are often attributed to chlorhexidine alone. Thus, we sough...

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Autores principales: Maiwald, Matthias, Chan, Edwin S. Y.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2012
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3434203/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22984485
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0044277

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3434203/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22984485
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0044277

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