Prospective Randomized Trial Comparing the Efficacy of Surgical Preparation Solutions in Hand Surgery.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Decontamination of the skin prior to incision is part of the standard of care for any surgical procedure. Previous studies have demonstrated variable efficacy of different surgical preparation solutions based on anatomic location. The purpose of this study is to determine the effectiveness of 3 commonly used surgical preparation solutions in eliminating bacteria from the skin prior to incision for common elective soft tissue hand procedures.

Methods

A total of 240 patients undergoing clean, elective, soft tissue hand surgery were prospectively randomized to 1 of 3 groups (ChloraPrep, DuraPrep, or Betadine). Prepreparation and postpreparation cultures were obtained adjacent to the surgical incision and neutralization was performed on the obtained specimen. Cultures

SUBMITTER: Xu PZ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5480658 | biostudies-literature | 2017 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature