More than 1 million U.S. women deliver their babies via cesarean section every year, putting them at risk for surgical site infections. A new study from Washington University School of Medicine in St.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, surgical site infections account for 17 percent of all nosocomial infections. Of the more than 30 million surgeries performed in the U.S.

Researchers conducted a review of surgical skin prep agents to conclude which agent was most cost-effective and superior in preventing surgical site infections, according to a study published in the ...

3M Health Care today announced the publication of a new independent study "Effects of Preoperative Skin Preparation on Postoperative Wound Infection Rates: A Prospective Study of 3 Skin Preparation ...

September 30, 2011 (Chicago, Illinois) — Using chlorhexidine as a preoperative surgical wash cut the risk for a surgical site infection (SSI) in half, compared with washing with 10% povidone-iodine, ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . TAMPA, Fla. — According to presented results, skin antisepsis for surgical site infection in patients undergoing ...

A large multicenter clinical trial found that an antiseptic containing iodine resulted in about one-quarter fewer post-surgical infections in patients with limb fractures compared to another ...

A new study compares the effectiveness of two antisepsis aqueous solutions in reducing the risk of infection in patients requiring surgery for open fractures. The research team found that contrary to ...