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Efficacy of surgical skin preparation with chlorhexidine in alcohol according to the concentration required to prevent surgical site infection: meta-analysis.

Tatsuki HasegawaSho TashiroTakayuki MiharaJunya KonKazuki SakuraiYoko TanakaTakumi MoritaYuki EnokiKazuaki TaguchiKazuaki MatsumotoKazuhiko NakajimaYoshio Takesue
Published in: BJS open (2022)
This meta-analysis is the first study that clarifies the usefulness of an alcohol-based CHG solution with a 0.5 per cent or higher CHG concentration for surgical skin preparation to prevent SSI.
Keyphrases
  • surgical site infection
  • systematic review
  • meta analyses
  • soft tissue
  • wound healing
  • alcohol consumption
  • randomized controlled trial
  • high resolution