Practical Recommendations for Preoperative Skin Antisepsis

• Main Authors: Carlos Arturo Álvarez (Author), Cesar Ernesto Guevara (Author), Sandra Liliana Valderrama (Author), Carlos Fernando Sefair (Author), Jorge Alberto ortes (Author), María Fernanda Jimenez (Author), Carmen Gabriela Soria (Author), Luis Ernesto Cuellar (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Asociación Colombiana de Infectología.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract The search for strategies for the reduction of Surgical Site infection (SSI) is a priority, given the impact those infections have on the outcome of the patients. The preope rative patient skin antisepsis, has recently gained greater significance in the prevention of SSI, as one of the crit...