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

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2010

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Rabih O. Darouiche, Matthew J. Wall, Kamal M.F. Itani, Mary F. Otterson, Alexandra L. Webb, Matthew M. Carrick, Harold J. Miller, Samir S. Awad, Cynthia T. Crosby, Michael Mosier,
New England Journal of Medicine

Abstract

Preoperative cleansing of the patient's skin with chlorhexidine-alcohol is superior to cleansing with povidone-iodine for preventing surgical-site infection after clean-contaminated surgery. (ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT00290290.)

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