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- B J Bird, D B Chrisp, and G Scrimgeour.
- N. Z. Med. J. 1984 Oct 24;97(766):727-9.
AbstractWe studied the effect of pre-operative shaving on clean operation wound infection rates. The patients of a general surgeon were used in this study. There was a clean wound infection rate of 2.9% when routine extensive pre-operative shaving was used, and 1.5% during a period when shaving was not used. Other surgeons' patients who were nursed under matched conditions had clean wound infection rates of 2.7% and 1.3% respectively during these periods. We suggest that no advantage in shaving patients can be demonstrated in terms of wound infection rates.
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