Journal article
Skin Antisepsis before Surgical Fixation of Extremity Fractures
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Studies evaluating surgical-site infection have had conflicting results with respect to the use of alcohol solutions containing iodine povacrylex or chlorhexidine gluconate as skin antisepsis before surgery to repair a fractured limb (i.e., an extremity fracture).
METHODS: In a cluster-randomized, crossover trial at 25 hospitals in the United States and Canada, we randomly assigned hospitals to use a solution of 0.7% iodine …
Authors
Sprague S; Slobogean G; Wells JL; O'Hara NN; Thabane L; Mullins CD; Harris AD; Wood A; Viskontas D; Apostle KL
Journal
The New England Journal of Medicine, Vol. 390, No. 5, pp. 409–420
Publisher
Massachusetts Medical Society
Publication Date
2 2024
DOI
10.1056/nejmoa2307679
ISSN
0028-4793