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Chlorhexidine versus povidone–iodine skin antisepsis before upper limb surgery (CIPHUR): an international multicentre prospective cohort study

INTRODUCTION: Surgical site infection (SSI) is the most common and costly complication of surgery. International guidelines recommend topical alcoholic chlorhexidine (CHX) before surgery. However, upper limb surgeons continue to use other antiseptics, citing a lack of applicable evidence, and concer...

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Autores principales: Wade, Ryckie G, Bourke, Gráinne, Wormald, Justin C R, Totty, Joshua Philip, Stanley, Guy Henry Morton, Lewandowski, Andrew, Rakhra, Sandeep Singh, Gardiner, Matthew D
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8677347/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34915557
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/bjsopen/zrab117