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The effect of preheated versus room-temperature skin disinfection on bacterial colonization during pacemaker device implantation: a randomized controlled non-inferiority trial

BACKGROUND: In clinical practice, patients who are awake often comment that cold surgical skin disinfectant is unpleasant. This is not only a problem of patients’ experience; heat loss during the disinfection process is a problem that can result in hypothermia. Evidence for the efficacy of preheated...

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Autores principales: Wistrand, Camilla, Söderquist, Bo, Magnusson, Anders, Nilsson, Ulrica
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4632481/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26539295
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13756-015-0084-1