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Surgical hand antisepsis to reduce surgical site infection [PDF]

The Cochrane Library, 2016
Medical professionals routinely carry out surgical hand antisepsis before undertaking invasive procedures to destroy transient micro-organisms and inhibit the growth of resident micro-organisms. Antisepsis may reduce the risk of surgical site infections (SSIs) in patients.To assess the effects of surgical hand antisepsis on preventing surgical site ...
Judith Tanner, Jo C Dumville, Gill Norman   +2 more
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In Vivo Comparison of Chlorine-Based Antiseptics versus Alcohol Antiseptic for Surgical Hand Antisepsis [PDF]

Scientifica, 2020
Despite being commonly used as effective preparation for surgical hand antisepsis, alcohol solutions have major drawbacks, such as drying effect, emergence of hand eczema, and other diseases.
Zhannur Myltykbayeva, Galina Kovaleva, Azamat Mukhitdinov, Sandugash Omarova, Rashid Nadirov   +4 more
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Surgical hand antisepsis: experimental study. [PDF]

Ann Surg Treat Res, 2018
Nosocomial infections account for one of the most serious complications in hospitalized patients around the world. Surgical site infections have significant economic implications, and surgical antisepsis plays an important role in such processes.With prior approval by the Institutional Review Board and informed consent, 10 volunteers were randomly ...
Izaguirre A, Govela A, Delgado I, Troncoso CM, Parra M, Viaña EÁ.   +5 more
europepmc   +4 more sources

Evaluation of an intervention to improve waterless surgical hand antisepsis accuracy in a tertiary hospital of East China: a prospective pre-post intervention study [PDF]

Frontiers in Public Health
BackgroundSurgical site infections (SSIs) are the most frequent type of healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Effective surgical hand antisepsis is a critical step in the prevention of SSIs. Limited research
Yonghui Ma, Xia Yue, Ning Li, Jixia Wang, Juan Wang, Yujie Xia, Xing Zhang, Min Zhang, Peng Wang, Shuangshuang Wang, Luhan Wen, Zhenghui Liu, Dingding Zhang, Tong Zhang, Lili Liu, Li Kong, Yusen Li, Yue Zhang, Yirong Wang, Xiujuan Meng   +19 more
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Association Between Eliminating Water From Surgical Hand Antisepsis at a Large Ophthalmic Surgical Hospital and Cost. [PDF]

JAMA Ophthalmol, 2020
Alcohol-based surgical scrub is recommended for presurgical antisepsis by leading health organizations. Despite this recommendation, water-based scrub techniques remain common practice at many institutions.To calculate the potential financial savings that a large, subspecialty ophthalmic surgical center can achieve with a conversion to waterless ...
Javitt MJ, Grossman A, Grajewski A, Javitt JC.   +3 more
europepmc   +4 more sources

Comparison of overtly and covertly observed hand antisepsis adherence in the intensive care units of a referral hospital in Iran [PDF]

GMS Hygiene and Infection Control
Background and objective: Hand antisepsis one of the most important strategies for preventing transmission of drug-resistant microorganisms and healthcare-associated infections.
Zand, Farid, Sanaei, Anahita, Asmarian, Naimeh Sadat, Zarei, Fatemeh, Tabatabai, Azita, Zandi, Rahele, Salami, Solmaz, Shoja, Kowsar   +7 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Appropriate surgical hand antisepsis. [PDF]

Ann R Coll Surg Engl, 2007
Hajipour and co-workers recently evaluated two options for surgical hand antisepsis (3-minute hand wash with either chlorhexidine or alcohol gel) and concluded that the use of alcohol was associated with a higher risk of bacterial contamination of surgeons' hands and that it is not a suitable alternative to chlorhexidine when washing hands before ...
Kampf G.
europepmc   +3 more sources

Effectiveness of surgical hand antisepsis using chlorhexidine digluconate and parachlorometaxylenol hand scrub: Cross-over trial. [PDF]

Medicine (Baltimore), 2018
Abstract Background: Chlorhexidine and parachlorometaxylenol (PCMX) are antiseptics recommended for surgical hand antisepsis. To our knowledge, PCMX has not been evaluated for bactericidal efficacy “in vivo. Methods: We conducted a randomized, double-blind, controlled ...
Vallejo RBB, Fernandez DS, Cervera LA, Aragón LM, Iglesias MEL, Yurrita LRC, Lopez DL.   +6 more
europepmc   +3 more sources

S2k-Guideline hand antisepsis and hand hygiene [PDF]

GMS Hygiene and Infection Control
The consensus-based guideline “hand antisepsis and hand hygiene” for Germany has the following sections: Prevention of nosocomial infections by hygienic hand antisepsis, prevention of surgical site infections by surgical hand antisepsis, infection ...
Kramer, Axel, Seifert, Julia, Abele-Horn, Marianne, Arvand, Mardjan, Biever, Paul, Blacky, Alexander, Buerke, Michael, Ciesek, Sandra, Chaberny, Iris, Deja, Maria, Engelhart, Steffen, Eschberger, Dieter, Gruber, Bernd, Hedtmann, Achim, Heider, Julia, Hoyme, Udo B., Jäkel, Christian, Kalbe, Peter, Luckhaupt, Horst, Novotny, Alexander, Papan, Cihan, Piechota, Hansjürgen, Pitten, Frank-Albert, Reinecke, Veronika, Schilling, Dieter, Schulz-Schaeffer, Walter, Sunderdiek, Ulrich   +26 more
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A New Surgical Handwashing and Hand Antisepsis From Scrubbing to Rubbing

Journal of Nippon Medical School, 2004
In 2002, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published guidelines for surgical handwashing and hand antisepsis on the Internet. According to these guidelines, we revised our surgical handwashing method from scrubbing with brushes to rubbing with antiseptic.
Furukawa, Kiyonori, Ogawa, Rho, Norose, Yoshihiro, Tajiri, Takashi   +3 more
exaly   +4 more sources