Open AccessThe Comparative Efficacy of Chlorhexidine Gluconate and Povidone-iodine Antiseptics for the Prevention of Infection in Clean Surgery
Author(s) -
Ryckie G. Wade,
Nicholas Burr,
Gordon McCauley,
Gráinne Bourke,
Orestis Efthimiou
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
annals of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.153
H-Index - 309
eISSN - 1528-1140
pISSN - 0003-4932
DOI - 10.1097/sla.0000000000004076
Subject(s) - medicine , antiseptic , relative risk , chlorhexidine , confidence interval , meta analysis , surgery , randomized controlled trial , adverse effect , infection control , dentistry , pathology
There is uncertainty around preoperative skin antisepsis in clean surgery. Network meta-analysis provides more precise estimates than standard pairwise meta-analysis and can rank interventions by efficacy, to better inform clinical decisions.