Skin Antisepsis before Surgical Fracture Fixation

N Engl J Med. 2024 Apr 25;390(16):1532-1533. doi: 10.1056/NEJMc2403234.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Letter
  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Infective Agents, Local* / administration & dosage
  • Anti-Infective Agents, Local* / therapeutic use
  • Antisepsis / methods
  • Chlorhexidine* / administration & dosage
  • Chlorhexidine* / analogs & derivatives
  • Fracture Fixation* / methods
  • Fractures, Bone* / complications
  • Fractures, Bone* / surgery
  • Fractures, Closed / complications
  • Fractures, Closed / surgery
  • Fractures, Open / complications
  • Fractures, Open / surgery
  • Humans
  • Iodophors* / administration & dosage
  • Iodophors* / therapeutic use
  • Preoperative Care
  • Skin / microbiology
  • Surgical Wound Infection* / etiology
  • Surgical Wound Infection* / prevention & control

Substances

  • Anti-Infective Agents, Local
  • chlorhexidine gluconate
  • Iodophors
  • Chlorhexidine