Purpose: Antimicrobial prophylaxis is the periprocedural systemic administration of an
antimicrobial agent intended to reduce the risk of postprocedural local and systemic …

Iodine and its antibacterial properties have been used for the prevention or management of
wound infections for over 150 years. However, the use of solutions (tincture) of iodine has …

Context Based on concerns about the risk of infection, the jugular site is often preferred over
the femoral site for short-term dialysis vascular access. Objective To determine whether …

BACKGROUND: The objectives of this integrative review were to critically examine the
overall state of the current evidence on the relationship between hand hygiene interventions …

INTRODUCTION There is a growing trend to use alcohol-based hand disinfectants in clinical
practice. In addition to their antibacterial efficacy, these disinfectants offer an alternative to …

At present, no universal agreement on detailed practice for surgical hand preparation exists.
In order to fill this gap, in 2002 a Franco-German recommendation for surgical hand …

For 150 years members of the surgical team have been washing their hands with solutions
designed to remove micro-organisms and therefore reduce surgical site infections in …

Estimates suggest one in 20 patients develop an infection following surgery, costing the
NHS around£ 1bn each year (SSHAIP 2004). This article discusses surgical site infections …

BACKGROUND: Although consecutive surgical hand disinfections is common clinical
practice, the effect on the bacterial density on hands has not been studied for all commonly …

GUIDELINES The Guidelines Committee for Clinical Studies on Prophylactic Antimicrobial
Drugs for Postoperative Infections, Japanese Society of Chemotherapy (Y. Takesue …