Preoperative hair removal to reduce surgical site infection

Date

2006-07-19

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

Rights

Research Institute