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Photodynamic Therapy with Protoporphyrin IX Precursors Using Artificial Daylight Improves Skin Antisepsis for Orthopedic Surgeries [PDF]

Microorganisms
Classical preoperative skin antisepsis is insufficient in completely eliminating bacterial skin colonization for arthroplasty. In contrast, photodynamic therapy (PDT) with red light and methyl-aminolevulinate (MAL), combined with skin antisepsis, led to ...
Tiziano A. Schweizer, Julia S. Würmli, Julia Prinz, Maximilian Wölfle, Roger Marti, Hendrik Koliwer-Brandl, Ashley M. Rooney, Vanni Benvenga, Adrian Egli, Laurence Imhof, Philipp P. Bosshard, Yvonne Achermann   +11 more
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Cutibacterium avidum resists surgical skin antisepsis in the groin—a potential risk factor for periprosthetic joint infection: a quality control study [PDF]

Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control, 2021
Background The skin commensal Cutibacterium avidum has been recognized as an emerging pathogen for periprosthetic joint infections (PJI). One currently assumes that the early occurring PJIs are a consequence of skin commensals contaminating the peri ...
Steven M. Maurer, Laura Kursawe, Stefan Rahm, Julia Prinz, Annelies S. Zinkernagel, Annette Moter, Stefan P. Kuster, Reinhard Zbinden, Patrick O. Zingg, Yvonne Achermann   +9 more
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Alcohol (70%) versus alcoholic chlorhexidine solution (0.5%) in skin antisepsis for neuraxial blocks: a randomized clinical trial [PDF]

Revista do Colégio Brasileiro de Cirurgiões, 2021
Objective: to compare the use of 0.5% alcoholic chlorhexidine and 70% alcohol in skin antisepsis for neuraxial blocks. Method: this is a non-inferiority randomized clinical trial, with two parallel arms.
LUIZ CARLOS SOUZA TOSTES, ANA BEATRIZ ALKMIM TEIXEIRA LOYOLA, ADILSON DE OLIVEIRA FRAGA, LETÍCIA AZEVEDO GAZZI, LUIZ FRANCISLEY DE PAIVA, YARA JULIANO, DANIELA FRANCESCATO VEIGA   +6 more
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Advanced Skin Antisepsis: Application of UVA-Cleavable Hydroxyethyl Starch Nanocapsules for Improved Eradication of Hair Follicle-Associated Microorganisms [PDF]

Pharmaceutics, 2023
Hair follicles constitute important drug delivery targets for skin antisepsis since they contain ≈25% of the skin microbiome. Nanoparticles are known to penetrate deeply into hair follicles.
Loris Busch, Anna Maria Hanuschik, Yuri Avlasevich, Katrin Darm, Elisa F. Hochheiser, Christian Kohler, Evgeny A. Idelevich, Karsten Becker, Peter Rotsch, Katharina Landfester, Maxim E. Darvin, Martina C. Meinke, Cornelia M. Keck, Axel Kramer, Paula Zwicker   +14 more
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Protocatechuic Acid as a Topical Antimicrobial for Surgical Skin Antisepsis [PDF]

JBJS Open Access, 2020
Background:. There is a need for novel skin antiseptic agents to combat the health-care burdens associated with surgical site infection (SSI) and bacterial resistance. The purpose of this proof-of-principle pilot study was to investigate the potential of
Omid Jalali, MD, Molly Best, MD, Alison Wong, MD, Brett Schaeffer, MD, Brendon Bauer, MD, Lanny Johnson, MD   +5 more
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Clinical application of skin antisepsis using aqueous olanexidine: a scoping review [PDF]

Acute Medicine & Surgery, 2022
Surgical site infections (SSIs) and catheter‐related bloodstream infections (CRBSIs) caused by bacteria from surfaces poorly disinfected with chlorhexidine gluconate (CHG) and povidone‐iodine (PVP‐I) are increasing.
Yutaro Shinzato, Eiryu Sakihara, Yuki Kishihara, Masahiro Kashiura, Hideto Yasuda, Takashi Moriya   +5 more
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Practical Recommendations for Preoperative Skin Antisepsis

Infectio, 2017
The search for strategies for the reduction of Surgical Site infection (SSI) is a priority, given the impact those infections have on the outcome of the patients.
Carlos Arturo Álvarez, Cesar Ernesto Guevara, Sandra Liliana Valderrama, Carlos Fernando Sefair, Jorge Alberto ortes, María Fernanda Jimenez, Carmen Gabriela Soria, Luis Ernesto Cuellar   +7 more
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Antisepsis before skin injections: does the WHO recommendation for washing, instead alcohol-based antisepsis, achieve the same efficacy? [PDF]

GMS Hygiene and Infection Control
Introduction: Cleaning and reduction of microbial load on the skin is necessary before injections because of the colonization of the skin with resident flora and the presence of transient flora.
Koburger-Janssen, Torsten, Zwicker, Paula, Assadian, Ojan, Exner, Martin, Eze, Uche, Gebel, Jürgen, Leaper, David, Scheithauer, Simone, Suchomel, Miranda, Kramer, Axel   +9 more
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Comparison of effectiveness of skin antiseptics using conventional application with forceps and gauze swabs, single-use applicator, or by wetting skin with a low or high density of sebaceous glands [PDF]

GMS Hygiene and Infection Control
Background: The preoperative application of skin antiseptics can be performed conventionally with sterile forceps and a sterile gauze swab or with a ready-made single-use applicator.
Torsten Koburger-Jannsen, Axel Kramer
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Current skin care practices in very low birth weight infants in German Neonatal Intensive Care Units – results from a cross-sectional survey [PDF]

Molecular and Cellular Pediatrics
Background The skin is the largest epithelial organ and a critical barrier. However, in preterm infants, particularly very low birth weight infants (VLBWI,
Janina Marissen, Regina Thoma, Christoph Härtel   +2 more
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