Preoperative hair removal to reduce surgical site infection

Tanner, Judith; Woodings, D; Moncaster, K

doi:10.1002/14651858.cd004122.pub2

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Preoperative hair removal to reduce surgical site infection

Published in Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews • Apr 19, 2006

Authors:

Judith Tanner

D Woodings

K Moncaster

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Hair has traditionally been removed from the surgical site before surgery; however, some studies claim that this increases surgical site infections (SSIs) and should be avoided. This is the second update of a review published in 2006 and first updated in 2011. OBJECTIVES: To determine wh...

Subject

Medicine

Hair removal

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