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Multicenter Double-Blinded Randomized Controlled Trial of Standard Abdominal Wound Edge Protection With Surgical Dressings Versus Coverage With a Sterile Circular Polyethylene Drape for Prevention of Surgical Site Infections

André L. Mihaljević, Rebekka Schirren, Mine Özer, Stephanie Ottl, Sybille Grün, Christoph Michalski, Mert Erkan, Carsten Jäger, Carolin Reiser–Erkan, Victoria Kehl,

Annals of Surgery · 2014 · 99 citations · 28 references

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Our trial shows that CWEPs are effective at reducing the incidence of SSIs in elective and clean or clean-contaminated open abdominal surgery.

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National Nosocomial Infections Surveillance (NNIS) System Report, data summary from January 1992 through June 2004, issued October 2004

A report from the NNIS System · American Journal of Infection Control · 2004 · 2.3K citations · Full text

The Impact of Surgical-Site Infections in the 1990s: Attributable Mortality, Excess Length of Hospitalization, And Extra Costs

Kathryn B. Kirkland, Jane Briggs, Sharon L. Trivette et al. · Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology · 1999 · 1.7K citations

Surgical wound infection rates by wound class, operative procedure, and patient risk index

David H. Culver, Teresa Horan, Robert P. Gaynes et al. · The American Journal of Medicine · 1991 · 1.6K citations

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Chlorhexidine–Alcohol versus Povidone–Iodine for Surgical-Site Antisepsis

Rabih O. Darouiche, Matthew J. Wall, Kamal M.F. Itani et al. · New England Journal of Medicine · 2010 · 1.5K citations · Full text

Surgical site infection: Incidence and impact on hospital utilization and treatment costs

Gregory de Lissovoy, Kathy Fraeman, Valerie Hutchins et al. · American Journal of Infection Control · 2009 · 1.2K citations

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