A comparison of the effects of preoperative whole-body bathing with detergent alone and with detergent containing chlorhexidine gluconate on the frequency of wound infections after clean surgery
- 1 May 1988
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Elsevier in Journal of Hospital Infection
- Vol. 11 (4) , 310-320
- https://doi.org/10.1016/0195-6701(88)90083-7
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