Preoperative hair removal to reduce surgical site infection
Date
2006-07-19
Authors
Advisors
Journal Title
Journal ISSN
ISSN
1534-7346
Volume Title
Publisher
Sage
Type
Article
Peer reviewed
Abstract
Description
This review is used to support national practice recommendations on hair removal by the Association for Perioperative Practice (AfPP Standards and Recommendations for Safe Perioperative Practice 2007, Harrogate, AfPP Publishing). This review is also included in the draft version of the NICE surgical site infection guidelines
Keywords
RAE 2008, UoA 11 Nursing and Midwifery
Citation
Tanner, J., Moncaster, K., Woodings, D. (2006) Preoperative hair removal to reduce surgical site infection.The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. John Wiley and Sons, Issue 2 Art. No.: CD004122