Surgical scrub: a comparison between two methodsBustreo, SoniaBolzoni, AlessandraRonzio, CinziaScrivanti, MarziaBinaghi, PaolaRomanazzi, FilippoFerentini, FabioColusso, GiorgioGerardi, LauraVismara, LauraL'Infermiere
In this study, the focus was on evaluating the efficiency of two different hand-scrubbing techniques. The World Health Organization (WHO) issued guidelines on hand hygiene in 2009 for healthcare and recommended that surgical scrub antisepsis should last 2–5 min for the hands and the forearms....
each clinical participant received a stopwatch to regulate the time. In a standard surgical practice, it may be wise to give an initial prep with povidone-iodine in an area outside the operating room, such as in a patient waiting area. Before applying ...
are listed in the United States Pharmacopia (USP) official monograph XXIV, pages 60 and 927, respectively, as disinfectants. Recently published studies indicate that alcohol is a potent antimicrobial agent, and if used with surgical scrub, will cause significant mean log reduction of bacterial ...
Methods and devices are provided for providing irrigation and/or suction to a surgical site and maintaining clear visibility through a lens of a scoping device during a surgical pro
hand scrubinfection controlsurgical site infectionwaterlessStudy Design. A retrospective cohort study with prospectively collected data.Iwakiri, KentaroKobayashi, AkioSeki, MasahikoAndo, YoshiyukiTsujio, TadaoHoshino, MasatoshiNakamura, HiroakiShiraniwa Hosp Dept Orthoped Surg Ikoma City Nara JapanSpine...
In this descriptive research, the application of disinfection and sterilization methods in three hospitals of Malayer was surveyed."nThe objectives of this study were determining disinfection and sterilization application methods in physical place ,surgical hand scrub, sugical site prepartion and preparing...
Effectiveness of two scrub methods with different chlorhexidine combinations for surgical field antisepsis in catsDuque, Francisca M.dos-Santos, José D.Cabral, Patrícia C.Belas, AdrianaMartins, Joo M.Canadian Veterinary Journal / Revue Vétérinaire Canadienne...
Objective Assessing effectiveness of circular (CM) and linear (LM) scrub methods using 3 different combinations of chlorhexidine in surgical field antisepsis in cats. Animals and procedure Surgical field antisepsis was applied with 2 scrub methods (CM and LM) and 3 different chlorhexidine combinations...
The full slit allows the insertion of a brush or a finger for thorough cleaning of the inside of the cylindrical body after use, thus giving a user the comfort that she or he may scrub all the surface inside if desired. The full slit also allows a tampon string to pass through when ...