Abstract
This randomized controlled trial was designed to assess the effect of preoperative chlorhexidine showers on skin colonization and postoperative infection rates associated with plastic surgical procedures involving the trunk. Chlorhexidine showers were effective in reducing skin colonization with coagulase-negative staphylococci and yeasts, but there was no difference in postoperative infection rates.
Publication types
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Randomized Controlled Trial
MeSH terms
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Adolescent
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Adult
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Aged
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Anti-Infective Agents, Local / administration & dosage
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Baths*
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Chlorhexidine / administration & dosage*
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Elective Surgical Procedures*
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle Aged
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Preoperative Care / methods*
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Skin / microbiology
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Staphylococcus / isolation & purification
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Surgery, Plastic*
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Surgical Wound Infection / prevention & control
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Young Adult
Substances
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Anti-Infective Agents, Local
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Chlorhexidine