Are you and your patients safe from a surgical fire?

Antiseptic Skin Preparation Agents to Prevent Surgical Site Infection in Colorectal Surgery: A 3-Armed Randomized Controlled Trial

“…It is estimated that approximately 100 to 650 surgical fires occur per year in the United States, many of which are related to alcohol-containing antiseptic agents. 5 In addition to this, there is a lack of evidence surrounding the appropriate antiseptic skin solutions to use before colorectal surgery, with no large-volume clinical trials published on this topic. A recent landmark article by Darouiche et al 6 demonstrated superiority of chlorhexidine with alcohol over aqueous PI when used for clean-contaminated procedures.…”