The Effect of Duration of Disinfection of Bacterial Flora of Surgical Site

• Main Authors: Mitra Zandiyeh (Author), Safar Shams Vala (Author), Sayed Reza Borzo (Author), Fatemeh Masome Ghonoti (Author), Saeid Amiri (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Iran University of Medical Sciences, 2008-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background and Aim: Skin disinfection is an effective method of preventing surgical site infection (SSI), but there is controversy about the duration of skin preparation. Therefore this study was conducted to determine the effect of duration of skin preparation on skin microbial flora in orthopedic...