• Chlorhexidine Gluconate 2% w/v Impregnated Pads is a licensed, medicinal product for general skin antisepsis and skin antisepsis as part of an advanced preoperative cleansing regimen. (iskushealth.com)
  • Preoperative topical antibiotic regimens are often instituted. (eyewiki.org)
  • Some surgeons feel that the extra cost to the patient and society associated with preoperative topical antibiotics and the lack of any data suggesting efficacy are reason to not recommend this regimen. (eyewiki.org)
  • Among healthcare workers, it is generally more effective for hand antisepsis, and better tolerated than soap and water. (wikipedia.org)
  • Boyce JM, Kellher, S., Vallande N. Skin irritation and dryness associated with two hand hygiene regimens: soap and water handwashing versus hand antisepsis with an alcoholic hand gel. (gojo.eu)
  • The Guideline for Hand Hygiene in Health-Care Settings provides health-care workers (HCWs) with a review of data regarding handwashing and hand antisepsis in health-care settings. (cdc.gov)
  • APIC guideline for handwashing and hand antisepsis in health care settings. (cdc.gov)
  • Used by Doctors, Hospitals for effective hand antisepsis. (iluviapro.com)
  • After initial stabilization and sending routine laboratory investigations, magnesium sulphate was continued by Zuspan's regimen and tablet labetalol 200 mg BID was started in addition to α methyldopa QID and capsule nifedipine 10 mg QID. (jpgo.org)
  • Patients performed a 5 day decolonization regimen starting 4 days prior to surgery which included wipes, nasal decontamination and oral solution. (biomedcentral.com)
  • and 5) using antiseptic/antibiotic impregnated short-term central venous catheters if the rate of infection is high despite adherence to other strategies (i.e., education and training, maximal sterile barrier precautions, and 2% chlorhexidine for skin antisepsis). (cdc.gov)
  • After this early example of infection control through antisepsis, the next step was inevitable: when chemicals with antibacterial activity were discovered, they were soon used in the treatment of infected patients. (cdc.gov)
  • Measures used to control the spread of these infections include ongoing laboratory-based surveillance, placing colonized and infected patients in isolation, use of barrier precautions and handwashing and hand antisepsis. (nih.gov)