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Chlorhexidine-coated surgical gloves influence the bacterial flora of hands over a period of 3 hours.

Miranda SuchomelMarkus BrillmannOjan AssadianKaren J OuseyElisabeth Presterl
Published in: Antimicrobial resistance and infection control (2018)
It was demonstrated that wear of an antibacterial surgical glove coated with chlorhexidine-digluconate is able to suppress resident hand flora significantly over a period of 3-h.
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