Chlorhexidine-Alcohol versus Povidone-Iodine for Surgical-Site Antisepsis.

By R. Darouiche, M. Wall, K. Itani, M. Otterson, A. Webb, M. Carrick, H. Miller, S. Awad, C. Crosby, Michael C. Mosier and 2 more. New England Journal of Medicine, 2010

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Subfields: Infectious Diseases, Surgery

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Citations in the corpus

• New WHO recommendations on preoperative measures for surgical site infection prevention: an evidence-based global perspective. (2016, neutral): “Overall, a meta-analysis of 12 RCTs 124,126–133 , 135– Operating room staff should be trained and informed about the potential harms associated with the solutions used for surgical site preparation.”
• Guidelines for enhanced recovery after lung surgery: recommendations of the Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS®) Society and the European Society of Thoracic Surgeons (ESTS) (2018, background): “done-iodine solution in various clean contaminated procedures [135].”
• Guidelines for Perioperative Care in Elective Colonic Surgery: Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS®) Society Recommendations (2012, background): “A study comparing different types of skin cleansing showed that the overall prevalence of surgical-site infection was 40 % lower in a concentration chlorhexidinealcohol group than in a povidone-iodine group [76].”