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April 1, 2016: American Family Physician
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Stephen Boateng
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March 2013: Disease-a-month: DM
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RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL
Rabih O Darouiche, Matthew J Wall, Kamal M F Itani, Mary F Otterson, Alexandra L Webb, Matthew M Carrick, Harold J Miller, Samir S Awad, Cynthia T Crosby, Michael C Mosier, Atef Alsharif, David H Berger
BACKGROUND: Since the patient's skin is a major source of pathogens that cause surgical-site infection, optimization of preoperative skin antisepsis may decrease postoperative infections. We hypothesized that preoperative skin cleansing with chlorhexidine-alcohol is more protective against infection than is povidone-iodine. METHODS: We randomly assigned adults undergoing clean-contaminated surgery in six hospitals to preoperative skin preparation with either chlorhexidine-alcohol scrub or povidone-iodine scrub and paint...
January 7, 2010: New England Journal of Medicine
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