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Randomized Controlled Trial of the Effectiveness of Chlorhexidine Showers Before Elective Plastic Surgical Procedures

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Daniela Francescato Veiga ,
Carlos Américo Veiga Damasceno ,
Joel Veiga-Filho ,
Ricardo Góes Figueiras ,
Roberto Bezerra Vieira ,
Edgard Silva Garcia ,
Virgínia Vilasboas Silva ,
Neil Ferreira Novo  and
Lydia Masako Ferreira
Daniela Francescato Veiga*
Affiliation:
Department of Surgery, Division of Plastic Surgery, Universidade do Vale do Sapucaí, Pouso Alegre Department of Surgery, Division of Plastic Surgery, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Carlos Américo Veiga Damasceno
Affiliation:
Department of Microbiology, Universidade do Vale do Sapucaí, Pouso Alegre
Joel Veiga-Filho
Affiliation:
Department of Surgery, Division of Plastic Surgery, Universidade do Vale do Sapucaí, Pouso Alegre Department of Surgery, Division of Plastic Surgery, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Ricardo Góes Figueiras
Affiliation:
Department of Surgery, Division of Plastic Surgery, Universidade do Vale do Sapucaí, Pouso Alegre
Roberto Bezerra Vieira
Affiliation:
Department of Surgery, Division of Plastic Surgery, Universidade do Vale do Sapucaí, Pouso Alegre
Edgard Silva Garcia
Affiliation:
Department of Surgery, Division of Plastic Surgery, Universidade do Vale do Sapucaí, Pouso Alegre
Virgínia Vilasboas Silva
Affiliation:
School of Medicine, Universidade do Vale do Sapucaí, Pouso Alegre
Neil Ferreira Novo
Affiliation:
Department of Bioestatistics, Universidade do Vale do Sapucaí, Pouso Alegre
Lydia Masako Ferreira
Affiliation:
Department of Surgery, Division of Plastic Surgery, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
*
Avenida Coronel Armando Rubens Storino, 1100 Jardim Paraiso, CEP 37550-000, Pouso Alegre, MG, Brazil (danifveiga@uol.com.br)
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Abstract

This randomized controlled trial was designed to assess the effect of preoperative chlorhexidine showers on skin colonization and postoperative infection rates associated with plastic surgical procedures involving the trunk. Chlorhexidine showers were effective in reducing skin colonization with coagulase-negative staphylococci and yeasts, but there was no difference in postoperative infection rates.

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Concise Communications
Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 30 , Issue 1 , January 2009 , pp. 77 - 79
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2009

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