Preoperative chlorhexidine baths/showers: for or against?

Am J Infect Control. 2013 Dec;41(12):1301. doi: 10.1016/j.ajic.2013.05.007. Epub 2013 Aug 9.

Authors

Janine de Melo Rauber¹, Marcelo Carneiro, Eliane Carlosso Krummenauer, Janete Aparecida Alves Machado, Andréia Rosane de Moura Valim

Affiliation

¹ Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology Commission, Santa Cruz Hospital, University of Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Electronic address: janine.farm@gmail.com.

PMID: 23938000
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2013.05.007

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter
Comment

MeSH terms

Anti-Infective Agents, Local / administration & dosage*
Antisepsis / methods*
Baths / methods*
Chlorhexidine / administration & dosage*
Humans
Infection Control / methods*
Preoperative Care / methods*
Surgical Wound Infection / prevention & control*

Substances

Anti-Infective Agents, Local
Chlorhexidine