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 …

Two different hand rubs were tested in order to investigate the minimum volume required for
microbicidal efficacy according to the European Norm EN 1500; we also sought to determine …

Before Joseph Lister introduced the principles of antisepsis in the late 1860s, postoperative
wound infections were a major cause of sepsis and death. However, despite antiseptic …

Background There is no standard protocol for surgical scrubbing. This study aims to
compare the effectiveness of surgical hand scrub duration and method by analyzing their …

In an attempt to develop more effective surgical implantation methods for fish, surgical
incisions typical of those made for implanting micro-acoustic transmitters into the peritoneal …

Introduction: Hand washing and disinfection procedures before surgery is associated with
reduced of the bacterial flora. But the decline is unclear. The aim of this study was to …

TO THE EDITOR—Galed-Placed et al. 1 suggest using a modified method of fine-needle
aspiration cytologic evaluation (FNAC) that eliminates manipulation of the contaminated …

Introduction: Hospital-acquired infections are common complications of hospital treatment
which contribute to morbidity and mortality of patients. Hand hygiene of hospital staff is the …

Surgical hand disinfection reduces transient and sometimes permanent skin flora on the
hands and thereby reduces the contamination of the surgical wound through small lesions …

TO THE EDITOR—Galed-Placed et al. 1 suggest using a modified method of fine-needle
aspiration cytologic evaluation (FNAC) that eliminates manipulation of the contaminated …