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Reducing the Rate of Surgical Site Infections After Breast Surgery With the Use of Larger Volumes of 4% Chlorhexidine Gluconate Solution as Preoperative Antiseptic Showering

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 January 2017

Jon Persichino ,
Hayley Lee ,
Made Sutjita ,
Karla Talavera ,
Glenn San-Agustin  and
Silvia Gnass
Jon Persichino*
Affiliation:
Department of Internal Medicine, Riverside University Health System Medical, Center, Moreno Valley, California Division of Infectious Diseases, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, California
Hayley Lee
Affiliation:
Office of Research, Riverside University Health System Medical Center, Moreno Valley, California
Made Sutjita
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Riverside University Health System Medical Center, Moreno Valley, California
Karla Talavera
Affiliation:
Department of Internal Medicine, Riverside University Health System Medical, Center, Moreno Valley, California
Glenn San-Agustin
Affiliation:
Department of Internal Medicine, Riverside University Health System Medical, Center, Moreno Valley, California
Silvia Gnass
Affiliation:
Infection Prevention and Control Department, Riverside University Health System Medical Center, Moreno Valley, California.
*
Address correspondence to Jon Persichino, Riverside University Health System Medical Center, Department of Internal Medicine, 26520 Cactus Avenue, Moreno Valley, CA 92555 (j.persichino@ruhealth.org)
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 38 , Issue 3 , March 2017 , pp. 373 - 375
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© 2017 by The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. All rights reserved 

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