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No Clear Benefit of Chlorhexidine Use at Home Before Surgical Preparation

INTRODUCTION: Several studies have evaluated the efficacy of home use of chlorhexidine before surgery to reduce bacterial colonization. However, these studies have provided conflicting evidence about the potential efficacy of this strategy in decreasing bacterial loads and infection rates across sur...

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Autores principales: Makhni, Melvin Chugh, Jegede, Kolawole, Lombardi, Joseph, Whittier, Susan, Gorroochurn, Prakash, Lehman, Ronald A., Riew, K. Daniel
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5768234/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29227322
http://dx.doi.org/10.5435/JAAOS-D-16-00866