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Review
. 1988 Apr:11 Suppl B:27-32.
doi: 10.1016/0195-6701(88)90153-3.

Preoperative skin preparation and surgical outcome

I Mackenzie  1
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Review

Preoperative skin preparation and surgical outcome

I Mackenzie. J Hosp Infect. 1988 Apr.

Abstract

The use of antiseptics in surgery from Lister to the present day is described. A review of current procedures for preoperative preparation for surgery is given; and some data showing that the effect of chlorhexidine on skin flora is persistent is recorded.

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