Nasal povidone-iodine implementation for preventing surgical site infections: Perspectives of surgical nurses.

<h4>Introduction</h4>Preoperative nasal decolonization of surgical patients with nasal povidone-iodine (PI) has potential to eliminate pathogenic organisms responsible for surgical site infections. However, data on implementation of PI for quality improvement in clinical practice is limi...

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Main Authors: Eric N Hammond, Nicole Brys, Ashley Kates, Jackson S Musuuza, Ambar Haleem, Michael L Bentz, Nasia Safdar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0242217