Background and Objectives: Hand hygiene is a crucial measure for preventing healthcare-related infections. Surgical scrub is an important factor in the safety and success of a surgical operation. The aim of this study was to comparatively evaluate effectiveness of some conventional surgical antiseptic solutions, and to identify the most effective one. Methods: Effectiveness of alcohol-based sol...

ABSTRACT Fractures in Indonesia are the third most common cause of death after coronary heart disease and tuberculosis. Treatment fractures is not only limited to installing fixation devices, cases open fractures, wound care also very influential on success fracture management. The intervention given was with elastic bandages 10% povidone-iodine. These two components have been widely used vario...

The aim of this study was to evaluate burn wound healing activity of coconut shell liquid smoke (CS-LS) in a burn wound animal model. Burn wound-induced mice were treated with CS-LS (CS-LS group), povidone iodine 10% (povidone group), or NaCl 0.9% (NaCl group). Application of CS-LS promoted wound contraction compared to that of the povidone and NaCl groups (P < .05). This study showed a positiv...

A 56-year-old Japanese man hospitalized for schizophrenia and depression developed pressure ulcer on his greater trochanter due to a long-term bed rest. In spite of applying 0.003% alprostadil alfadex ointment for two months, the ulcer was not improved. Because there was some purulent discharge, we examined semi-quantitative swab bacterial culture from the ulcer and subsequently detected quadra...

Introduction: Antiseptics have been used for many years in human and veterinary medicine. Over the years, lengthening of surgical procedures surgery increasingly frequent use inert material has increased risk infections. This was why skin antisepsis become very important prevention infections wound resulting complications. In Mali, at Gabriel Touré University Hospital, most prescribed family an...