A novel device for preoperative skin preparation to reduce the risk of injury and surgical site infection during lower limb surgery

Surgical site infection (SSI) continues to be a feared complication of surgery but especially orthopaedic surgery where a superficial SSI has been estimated to add nine days to the hospital stay and an average of £2500 to the cost. Despite the efficacy of all skin preparation agents being maximal at...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Journal of perioperative practice 2018-05, Vol.28 (5), p.109-114
Hauptverfasser:	Webb, J, Hilliam, R, Bainbridge, LC
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Disease prevention Infections Nursing Orthopedics Skin Surgery Surgical site infections
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