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Preoperative bathing or showering with skin antiseptics to prevent surgical site infection

  1. Joan Webster1,2,3,*,
  2. Sonya Osborne4

Editorial Group: Cochrane Wounds Group

Published Online: 8 JUL 2009

Assessed as up-to-date: 12 NOV 2010

DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD004985.pub3

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Webster J, Osborne S. Preoperative bathing or showering with skin antiseptics to prevent surgical site infection. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2007, Issue 2. Art. No.: CD004985. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD004985.pub3.

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  1. 1

    Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Centre for Clinical Nursing, Brisbane, QLD, Australia

  2. 2

    Griffith University, NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence in Nursing, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

  3. 3

    University of Queensland, School of Nursing & Midwifery, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

  4. 4

    Queensland University of Technology, School of Nursing, Kelvin Grove (Brisbane), Queensland, Australia

*Joan Webster, joan_webster@health.qld.gov.au.

Publication History

  1. Publication Status: Edited (no change to conclusions)
  2. Published Online: 8 JUL 2009

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    Preoperative bathing or showering with skin antiseptics to prevent surgical site infection

    Joan Webster and Sonya Osborne

    Article first published online: 8 JUL 2009 | DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD004985.pub3

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    Preoperative bathing or showering with skin antiseptics to prevent surgical site infection

    J Webster and S Osborne

    Article first published online: 24 JAN 2007 | DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD004985.pub2

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    Pre-operative bathing or showering with skin antiseptics to reduce surgical site infection

    J Webster and S Osborne

    Article first published online: 25 JAN 2006 | DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD004985

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