Postoperative wound care protocol prevents surgical site infection after craniotomy
A standardized post-craniotomy wound care protocol involving cleaning of the incision and adjacent hair, including removal of incisional clots with chlorhexidine cloths was effective in reducing the risk of SSI.
Authors
- Oh‐Hyun Cho (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4630-1242)
- Janice White
- Linda Dickey (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2992-0674)
- Mariya Kovryga Kornick (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-6645-1195)
- Michelle Paff (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6780-2855)
- Susan S. Huang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6748-3447)
- Frank P. K. Hsu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0929-4052)
- Jefferson W. Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0624-6864)
- Lisa Wilhelm
- Eun Jung Lee (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7724-8288)
Institutions
- University of California, Irvine (US)
- Soonchunhyang University (KR)
- Soonchunhyang University Hospital Seoul (KR)
- UC Irvine Health (US)
- Neurological Surgery (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology
- Published
- 2024-10-14
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1017/ice.2024.134
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Surgical site infection prevention
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.72