WHO's recommendation for surgical skin antisepsis is premature

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¹ Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, KK Women's and Children's Hospital, Singapore 229899, Singapore; Department of Microbiology, National University of Singapore, Singapore; Duke-National University of Singapore Graduate Medical School, Singapore. Electronic address: matthias.maiwald@singhealth.com.sg.
² Division of Infectious Diseases and Hospital Epidemiology, University of Basel Hospitals, Basel, Switzerland.

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Matthias Maiwald et al. Lancet Infect Dis. 2017 Oct.

. 2017 Oct;17(10):1023-1024.

doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(17)30448-6.

¹ Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, KK Women's and Children's Hospital, Singapore 229899, Singapore; Department of Microbiology, National University of Singapore, Singapore; Duke-National University of Singapore Graduate Medical School, Singapore. Electronic address: matthias.maiwald@singhealth.com.sg.
² Division of Infectious Diseases and Hospital Epidemiology, University of Basel Hospitals, Basel, Switzerland.

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WHO's recommendation for surgical skin antisepsis is premature - Authors' reply.
Allegranzi B, Egger M, Pittet D, Bischoff P, Nthumba P, Solomkin J. Allegranzi B, et al. Lancet Infect Dis. 2017 Oct;17(10):1024-1025. doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(17)30526-1. Lancet Infect Dis. 2017. PMID: 28948926 No abstract available.

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