antiseptics

OBJECTIVE To assess the microbial contamination of disinfectants and antiseptics in major hospitals on the Caribbean island of Trinidad. METHODS For this cross-sectional study, disinfectants and antiseptics were sampled from the pharmacy departments, the pediatric/neonatal wards, and the surgical wards of four hospitals. The samples were cultured for aerobic bacteria on nutrient agar using th...

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Estimated hospital costs associated with preventable health care-associated infections if health care antiseptic products were unavailable

2016

Jordana K Schmier Carolyn K Hulme-Lowe Svetlana Semenova Juergen A Klenk Paul C DeLeo Richard Sedlak Pete A Carlson

OBJECTIVES Health care-associated infections (HAIs) pose a significant health care and cost burden. This study estimates annual HAI hospital costs in the US avoided through use of health care antiseptics (health care personnel hand washes and rubs; surgical hand scrubs and rubs; patient preoperative and preinjection skin preparations). METHODS A spreadsheet model was developed with base case ...

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Survey of Spanish dentists on the prescription of antibiotics and antiseptics in surgery for impacted lower third molars

2016

María-Iciar Arteagoitia Eva Ramos Gorka Santamaría Julio Álvarez Luis Barbier Joseba Santamaría

BACKGROUND This study explored the attitude of registered dentists in Biscay towards prescribing antibiotics and/or antiseptics to prevent potential infections after surgical extraction of completely bone-impacted third molars in otherwise healthy individuals, with no history of infection. MATERIAL AND METHOD We sent letters to 931 registered dentists in Biscay, with an explanation of the stu...

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