Objectives: Using antiseptics in wound care can promote healing by preventing and treating
infection. However, using antiseptics can present many challenges, including issues with …

Background Affordable, feasible and efficacious interventions to reduce neonatal infections
and improve neonatal survival are needed. Chlorhexidine, a broad spectrum topical …

Purpose To determine the incidence of endophthalmitis in a large clinical series using
aqueous chlorhexidine for antisepsis before intravitreal injection and to review the …

Healthcare-associated infections (HCAIs) are among the most prominent medical problems
worldwide. In the context of increasing antibiotic resistance globally, the use of antiseptics as …

Topical antimicrobials and antiseptics are used perioperatively to reduce the ocular surface
bacteria flora (OSBF) that are involved in the development of post‐operative infectious …

Objective To evaluate whether 1% aqueous chlorhexidine gluconate (CHG) when compared
with 2% aqueous chlorhexidine gluconate is non-inferior for neonatal skin antisepsis …

Mohs micrographic surgery and reconstruction is considered by many as the gold standard
for treatment of cutaneous malignancies arising in the periorbital region. It has a high rate of …

Background: Surgical site infection (SSI) persists as a global challenge, accounting for 20%-
25% of all healthcare-associated infections. The SSI rate has been reported to range from …

Aim Our aim was to conduct a survey of practice regarding skin preparation products for
premature neonates (under 32 weeks gestation, below 1.5 kg) in the United Kingdom (UK) …

Blood Donor arm disinfection is an essential step to minimize the possibility of blood
products becoming contaminated making them unsafe for transfusion therapy …