Bacteriological Comparison Between Shaving and No-Shaving Before Knee Arthroscopy Surgery / 中华医院感染学杂志
Chinese Journal of Nosocomiology
; (24)2004.
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OBJECTIVE To study the feasibility of no-hair-shaving before knee arthroscopy surgery.METHODS Totally 160 patients preparing for knee arthroscopy surgery were divided into both test and control groups randomly.The test group was no-hair-shaving before operation,and the control group was hair-shaving the day before their operation.Patients of the test group washed their skin with soap water or bathed at the operation day and patients in control group did this the day before operation.Bacterial culture was done in the operative site both before and after sterilization,and observed whether infection occurred in the incision after operation.RESULTS Bacterial culture in skin before sterilization was statistical significance between the two groups and no statistical significance after sterilization.All the incision healed well and no infection was found.CONCLUSIONS No-hair-shaving preoperatively can decrease patients′ discomfort and reduce colonies on skin surface effectively.The method is easy and safety manipulated.
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Chinese Journal of Nosocomiology
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2004
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