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Andrews Orthopedic & Sports Medicine Center
ChloraPrep highly effective for presurgical pathogen removal
July 6th, 2005
ChloraPrep skin-preparation solution is highly effective for eliminating infectious bacteria prior to foot and ankle surgery. "Previous studies have demonstrated higher infection rates following orthopedic procedures on the foot and ankle as compared with procedures involving other areas of the body," surgeons in Florida explained. In addition, the "difficulty of eliminating bacteria from the forefoot prior to surgery" has been well-documented, noted R.V. Ostrander and colleagues at the Andrews Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Center in Gulf Breeze. They conducted their own study, to compare the "efficacy of three different surgical skin-preparation...
Source: Biotech Week (2005-07-06)
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