When Preparing Veterinary Patients for Surgery Is the Friction (Back and Forth) Method of Scrubbing the Skin More Effective Than Concentric Circles at Reducing Bacterial Levels on the Skin?

  • Alison Mann Langford Vets University of Bristol Vet School Langford House North Somerset BS40 5DU

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2018-04-25

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.18849/ve.v3i2.157

Abstract

PICO question

In veterinary patients is the friction (back and forth) method of scrubbing the skin more effective than concentric circles at reducing bacterial levels on the skin?

Clinical bottom line

Currently there is insufficient evidence to indicate whether the friction (back and forth) method of scrubbing the skin is more effective than the concentric circle method at reducing bacterial levels on the skin.

 


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Author Biography

Alison Mann, Langford Vets University of Bristol Vet School Langford House North Somerset BS40 5DU

Clinical teaching nurse

References

Davids, B. I., Davidon, M. J., TenBroeck, S. H., Colahan, P. T. and Oli, M. W. (2015) ‘Efficacy of mechanical versus non mechanical sterile preoperative skin preparation with chlorhexidine gluconate 4% solution’, Veterinary Surgery, Vol 44 (5), pp 648-652. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/vsu.12335

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Swales, N. and Cogan, T. (2017) ‘Failure to achieve asepsis following surgical skin preparation is influenced by bacterial resistance to Chlorhexidine, but not skin preparation technique’, Veterinary Nursing Journal, Vol 32, (8), pp224-227. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17415349.2017.1328994

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Vol. 3 No. 2 (2018): The second issue of 2018

Section: Knowledge Summaries

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