ArticleJournal of infection prevention2017
Should preoperative showering or cleansing with chlorhexidine gluconate (CHG) be part of the surgical care bundle to prevent surgical site infection?
Article in Journal of infection prevention, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06801275 (The Effect of Number of Showers With 4% Chlorhexidine Gluconate Before Lumbar Disc Herniation Surgery on Prevention of Postoperative Surgical Site Infections), which is not on this map. Cited by 6 papers.
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The Effect of Number of Showers With 4% Chlorhexidine Gluconate Before Lumbar Disc Herniation Surgery on Prevention of Postoperative Surgical Site Infections: A Single-Blind Randomized Controlled Trial
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6 citing papers in PubMed, 21 citations in OpenAlex.
- Full-Body Versus Local Wipe Disinfection With Chlorhexidine Gluconate: No Difference in Surgical Site Infection After Acute Hip Fracture Surgery.International wound journal · 2026Article
- A cross-specialty, evidence-based Delphi consensus of a care bundle to reduce surgical site infections.International journal of surgery (London, England) · 2026Article
- Effectiveness and safety of chlorhexidine gluconate double-cleansing for surgical site infection prevention in neonatal intensive care unit surgical patients.Annals of surgical treatment and research · 2024Article
- Modernizing Total Hip Arthroplasty Perioperative Pathways: The Implementation of ERAS-Outpatient Protocol.Journal of clinical medicine · 2022Article
- [Multicenter cross-sectional investigation on the cleaning status and influencing factors of skin cleaning outside the wound in adult trauma patients].Zhonghua shao shang za zhi = Zhonghua shaoshang zazhi = Chinese journal of burns · 2021Article
- Implementation of an evidence-based practice to decrease surgical site infection after coronary artery bypass grafting.The Journal of international medical research · 2019Article
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2 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
Showering preoperatively with chlorhexidine gluconate is an issue that continues to promote debate; however, many studies demonstrate evidence of surgical site infection risk reduction. Methodological issues have been present in many of the studies used to compile guidelines and there has been a lack of standardisation of processes for application of the active agents in papers pre-2009. This review and commentary paper highlights the potential for enhancing compliance with this low-risk and low-cost intervention and provides some guidance for enhancing implementation of preoperative showering with both chlorhexidine in solution and impregnated wipes.
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