BACKGROUND: Preoperative skin antisepsis is routine practice. We compared alcoholic
chlorhexidine with aqueous chlorhexidine for skin antisepsis to prevent surgical site …

Background Surgical site infection (SSI) is one of the most frequent health care–associated
infections. One of the practices to reduce their incidence is preoperative skin antisepsis. Two …

Objective. To compare use of chlorhexidine with use of iodine for preoperative skin
antisepsis with respect to effectiveness in preventing surgical site infections (SSIs) and cost …

Background Skin antisepsis is a simple and effective measure to prevent infections. The
efficacy of chlorhexidine is actively discussed in the literature on skin antisepsis. However …

Background: Surgical site infection remains substantial problems to surgeons and patients
as it increases the morbidity, mortality, length of stay, hospital cost, rate of re-admission, and …

Objective: To compare SSI rates between the skin preparation agents: PI-Aq, povidone-
iodine with alcohol (PI-Alc), and chlorhexidine with alcohol (C-Alc). Background: Guidelines …

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 …

Background Surgical-site infection (SSI) is a serious surgical complication that can be
prevented by preoperative skin disinfection. In Western European countries, preoperative …

Background Prevention of surgical-site infection (SSI) has received increasing attention.
Clinical trials have focused on the role of skin antisepsis in preventing SSI. The benefit of …

Chlorhexidine has attracted increasing attention for its role in skin antisepsis in recent years.
It was tested in several prominent clinical trials and subsequently recommended in important …