Perioperative hair removal in the twenty-first century: utilizing an innovative vacuum-assisted technology to safely expedite hair removal prior to surgery

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Perioperative hair removal in the twenty-first century: utilizing an innovative vacuum-assisted technology to safely expedite hair removal prior to surgery

Background Perioperative hair removal using clippers requires lengthy cleanup to remove loose hairs contaminating the operative field. We compared the amount of hair debris and associated microbiologic contamination produced during clipping of surgical sites using standard surgical clippers (SSC)...

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Main Authors:	Edmiston, Charles E., Griggs, Russell K., Tanner, Judith, Spencer, Maureen, Seabrook, Gary R., Leaper, David
Format:	Article
Published:	Elsevier 2016
Subjects:	Postoperative wound infection; Surgical clippers; Microbial bioburden; Transepidermal water loss
Online Access:	https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/50773/

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