Chlorhexidine–Alcohol versus Povidone–Iodine for Surgical-Site Antisepsis - Darouiche, Rabih O; Wall, Matthew J; Itani, Kamal M.F; Otterson, Mary F; Webb, Alexandra L; Carrick, Matthew M; Miller, Harold J; Awad, Samir S; Crosby, Cynthia T; Mosier, Michael C; AlSharif, Atef; Berger, David H (The New England journal of medicine, 2010)
Keywords: 2-Propanol - adverse effects; 2-Propanol - therapeutic use; Adult; Alcohol; Analysis of Variance; Anti-Infective Agents, Local - adverse effects; Anti-Infective Agents, Local - therapeutic use; Antisepsis - methods; Aqueous solutions; Biological and medical sciences; Chlorhexidine; Chlorhexidine - adverse effects; Chlorhexidine - analogs & derivatives; Chlorhexidine - therapeutic use; Cross Infection - prevention & control; Drug Combinations; Family medical history; Female; General aspects; Grants; Hospitalization; Hospitals; Humans; Infections; Iodine; Kaplan-Meier Estimate; Logistic Models; Male; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; Motivation; Patients; Polymerase Chain Reaction; Povidone; Povidone-Iodine - adverse effects; Povidone-Iodine - therapeutic use; Prevention; Risk Factors; Scrub; Skin; Skin - microbiology; Surgeons; Surgery; Surgical site infections; Surgical Wound Infection - epidemiology; Surgical Wound Infection - microbiology; Surgical Wound Infection - prevention & control; United States--US; Surgical wound; Antisepsis; Ethanol; Povidone iodine; Alcohol; Guanidines; Medicine; Alcoholic beverage; Biguanides; Antiseptic; Chlorhexidine; Disinfecting agent; Comparative study