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Bacterial Contamination of a Marking Pen in Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction

BACKGROUND: A sterile surgical marking pen is commonly used during anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction (ACLR) to outline the proposed skin incision and then to mark the graft during preparation. Once in contact with the skin, the pen is a potential source of bacterial transmission and subseque...

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Autores principales: Ridley, Taylor J., Rud, Christopher T., Krych, Aaron J., Macalena, Jeffrey A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: SAGE Publications 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5958422/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29796399
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2325967118772043