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H
ow many of the skin preps that your surgical team performs
are applied correctly? On how many patients is hair around
the surgical site removed in pre-op instead of in the OR? How
many patients bathe with chlorhexidine-gluconate (CHG)
before arriving at your facility? It's probably not as many as
you think if recent findings published in the International Surgery Journal are
indicative of a larger skin-prepping trend (osmag.net/CpBtM5). The study's authors
Standardize Your Skin Prep
Get patients,
surgeons and
staff on board
with your pre-op
bathing, hair-clipping and
skin-antisepsis protocols.
Kendal Gapinski | Associate Editor
Pamela
Bevelhymer,
RN,
BSN
