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Skin Preparation

Skin Preparation is a preoperative nursing intervention that consists of systematically cleansing, decontaminating, and, when indicated, depilating the patient’s skin at and around the intended surgical site to reduce microbial load and thereby prevent surgical site infection before incision.

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3.1K

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2017–2026

129

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Preoperative Skin PreparationSurgical Skin Preparation

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789

Skin anti-aging strategies

Rūta Gancevičienė, Aikaterini Ι. Liakou, Athanasios Theodoridis et al. · Dermato-Endocrinology · 2012 · 813 citations · Full text

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Smear layer: physiological considerations.

David H. Pashley · PubMed · 1984 · 364 citations

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Skin antisepsis with chlorhexidine–alcohol versus povidone iodine–alcohol, with and without skin scrubbing, for prevention of intravascular-catheter-related infection (CLEAN): an open-label, multicentre, randomised, controlled, two-by-two factorial trial

Olivier Mimoz, Jean‐Christophe Lucet, Thomas Kerforne et al. · The Lancet · 2015 · 328 citations

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Efficacy of Surgical Preparation Solutions in Shoulder Surgery

Gordon M Nuber, Stephen M. Gryzlo, Geoffrey S. Marecek et al. · Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery · 2009 · 298 citations

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Skin Bacteria and Skin Disinfection Reconsidered

Sydney Selwyn · BMJ · 1972 · 288 citations · Full text

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Authors

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  1. HI
    Howard I. Maïbach

    University of California, San Francisco, United States

    5 publications · 241 citations

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  2. DV
    David Voegeli

    University of Southampton, United Kingdom

    5 publications · 197 citations

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  3. CE
    Charles E. Edmiston

    Medical College of Wisconsin, United States

    5 publications · 395 citations

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  4. OA
    Ojan Assadian

    Medical University of Vienna, Austria

    5 publications · 118 citations

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  5. XH
    Xiaoying Hui

    University of California, San Francisco, United States

    5 publications · 146 citations

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Institutions

921

  1. University of California, San Francisco

    San Francisco, United States

    10 h-index

    27 publications

    1.4K citations

  2. Northwestern University

    Evanston, United States

    7 h-index

    24 publications

    2.7K citations

  3. Johns Hopkins University

    Baltimore, United States

    7 h-index

    22 publications

    1.3K citations

  4. Procter & Gamble (United States)

    Cincinnati, United States

    7 h-index

    24 publications

    862 citations

  5. Central Leather Research Institute

    Chennai, India

    6 h-index

    29 publications

    973 citations

  6. Case Western Reserve University

    Cleveland, United States

    6 h-index

    7 publications

    204 citations

  7. University of Michigan

    Ann Arbor, United States

    6 h-index

    11 publications

    261 citations

  8. Kyoto University

    Kyoto, Japan

    5 h-index

    18 publications

    643 citations

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  1. PubMed

    Repository · 82 publications · 2.8K citations

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  2. Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery

    17 publications · 537 citations

    14

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  3. Journal of Hospital Infection

    19 publications · 1.1K citations

    14

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  4. American Journal of Infection Control

    AJIC · 14 publications · 491 citations

    13

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  5. Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

    JAAD · 16 publications · 499 citations

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