Rationalizing whole body disinfection

A Five-Year Prospective Study of 23,649 Surgical Wounds

Peter Cruse · Archives of Surgery · 1973 · 1K citations

Veterinary Medicine, Orthopaedic Surgery, Surgery +14

Use of 4% Chlorhexidine Detergent Solution (Hibiscrub) and Other Methods of Skin Disinfection

E. J. L. Lowbury, H. A. Lilly · BMJ · 1973 · 195 citations · Full text

Public Health, Dermatology, Diagnostic Microbiology +14

TRANYLCYPROMINE IN MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS

M S PATHY, V A PALMER · The Medical Journal of Australia · 1965 · 192 citations

Medicine, Neurology, Pharmacology +8

A placebo-controlled trial of the effect of two preoperative baths or showers with chlorhexidine detergent on postoperative wound infection rates

L.J. Hayek, Josh Emerson, Abraham Gardner · Journal of Hospital Infection · 1987 · 101 citations

Veterinary Medicine, Perioperative Medicine, Surgery +17

A comparison of the effects of preoperative whole-body bathing with detergent alone and with detergent containing chlorhexidine gluconate on the frequency of wound infections after clean surgery

M. Rotter, Severin Olesen Larsen, E. M. Cooke et al. · Journal of Hospital Infection · 1988 · 101 citations

Medicine, Perioperative Medicine, Surgery +17