BACTERIOLOGICAL EVALUATION OF A PROGRAM FOR PREOPERATIVE TOTAL BODY-WASHING WITH CHLORHEXIDINE GLUCONATE PERFORMED BY PATIENTS UNDERGOING ORTHOPEDIC-SURGERY

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BERGMAN, BR [1 ]
SEEBERG, S [1 ]
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[1] INST MED MICROBIOL,HOSP INFECT CONTROL LAB,GOTEBORG,SWEDEN
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10.1007/BF00448094
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R826.8 [整形外科学]; R782.2 [口腔颌面部整形外科学]; R726.2 [小儿整形外科学]; R62 [整形外科学(修复外科学)];
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Twenty-eight orthopaedic patients were taught to wash their entire bodies with chlorhexidine gluconate on two consecutive days preoperatively, starting in their homes. The operation field was also washed a third time. A bacteriological evaluation was performed using contact plates. A significant reduction of the skin flora, including Staph. aureus, was registered. No adverse side effects of total body-washing were observed. © 1979 J. F. Bergmann Verlag.
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