Surgical Site Preparation Using Alcohol with Chlorhexidine Compared with Povidone Iodine with Chlorhexidine Results in Similar Rate of Infection After Primary Total Joint Arthroplasty.

Stefan J Hanish, Mateo J Kirwan, Nuanqiu Hou, Tori J Coble, William M Mihalko, Christopher T Holland

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Article in Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

Prevention and Treatment of Surgical Site Infections in Orthopaedic Surgery: An Italian Delphi Consensus on Risk Stratification and Wound Irrigation Strategies.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026
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6 authors.

Stefan J HanishDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery and Biomedical Engineering, The University of Tennessee Health Science Center-Campbell Clinic, 1400 S. Germantown Rd., Germantown, TN 38138, USA.

Mateo J KirwanDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery and Biomedical Engineering, The University of Tennessee Health Science Center-Campbell Clinic, 1400 S. Germantown Rd., Germantown, TN 38138, USA.

Nuanqiu HouCampbell Clinic Foundation, 1211 Union Ave., Suite 520, Memphis, TN 38104, USA.

Tori J CobleCampbell Clinic Foundation, 1211 Union Ave., Suite 520, Memphis, TN 38104, USA.

William M MihalkoDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery and Biomedical Engineering, The University of Tennessee Health Science Center-Campbell Clinic, 1400 S. Germantown Rd., Germantown, TN 38138, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6229-1515

Christopher T HollandDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery and Biomedical Engineering, The University of Tennessee Health Science Center-Campbell Clinic, 1400 S. Germantown Rd., Germantown, TN 38138, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-0242-1549

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6 · The paper itself

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periprosthetic joint infectionsurgical site preparationtotal joint arthroplasty

Identifiers

PMID40001399

DOI10.3390/antibiotics14020155

PMCPMC11851935

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