Avaliação De Um Método De Antissepsia De Campo Operatório, Em Um Grupo De Pacientes De Cirurgia Cardíaca, Com Um Produto À Base De Iodo Domado. Nota Prévia

Abstract

Previous note of a comparative study between usual method of antisepsis of surgical skin area and a standard method making use of povidone iodine in groups of patients undergone Heart Surgery, in a determinate hospital of the city of São Paulo. This study demonstrated that in patients where it was used the standard method with povidone iodine in the antissepsis of the surgical skin area, the infection rate of the surgical incision was significantly smaller than in patients in which it was used the conventional methods of antisepsis.