Skin preparation for prevention of surgical site infection after obstetrics and gynecological abdominal surgery: A quality improvement project.

Pratibha Singh Meenakshi GothwalHemanta Kumar PradhanGarima YadavManoj Kumar Gupta

Published in: The journal of obstetrics and gynaecology research (2021)

This study highlighted that chlorhexidine-alcohol scrubbing followed by povidone-iodine painting provides superior skin antisepsis in comparison to povidone-iodine painting alone.

Keyphrases

surgical site infection
soft tissue
wound healing
dual energy
quality improvement
computed tomography
magnetic resonance imaging
alcohol consumption
molecularly imprinted
clinical evaluation