Antisepsis

In this video, Gerard P. Slobogean, MD, MPH, discussed the use of iodine povacrylex in alcohol as a preoperative skin antisepsis to prevent surgical site infection for patients undergoing closed fracture surgery.

The CDC launched a new antisepsis program for U.S. hospitals that was modeled after the agency’s “Core Elements” framework for developing antibiotic stewardship programs.

TAMPA, Fla. — According to presented results, skin antisepsis for surgical site infection in patients undergoing surgery for an open fracture was effective with both aqueous 10% povidone-iodine and aqueous 4% chlorhexidine gluconate.