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Patient Skin Prep

3M and Sage Products Announce Preop Antiseptic Kit to Reduce Potential for SSIs

3M’s Infection Prevention Division and Sage Products are working together to offer surgical staff and patients a new preoperative prepping kit to help address surgical site infection (SSI) risk within three main reservoirs of bacteria in the body: the nares, the oral cavity ...More
April 12, 2012
Posted in News, Hand Hygiene
Covidien Discontinuing Non-Sterile Alcohol Prep Pads

Covidien, a global provider of healthcare products, today announced the discontinuation of its non-sterile alcohol prep pad product line sold under the brand names Webcol and Curity, effective Feb. 1, 2012. Covidien will continue to offer equivalent sterile products as a ...More
November 18, 2011
Posted in News, Hand Hygiene
APIC Provides Guidance on Alcohol Prep Pads

Due to recent voluntary recalls of non-sterile alcohol prep pads (APP), the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC) is providing important talking points regarding considerations for the use of sterile versus non-sterile APP and actions to ...More
November 10, 2011
Posted in News, Hand Hygiene, Infections & Pathogens, Policies and Practice, PPE & Standard Precautions
FDA Reminds Healthcare Professionals About Safe Use of Non-Sterile Alcohol Prep Pads

Following a recent recall of potentially contaminated non-sterile alcohol prep pads, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today reminded healthcare professionals about the safe use of non-sterile alcohol prep pads to clean and disinfect the surface of the skin. On ...More
February 2, 2011
Posted in News
Survey Shows One-Third of HCWs Don't Follow Evidence-Based Guidelines for Skin Antisepsis

A survey released today of 1,500 hospital-based healthcare professionals reveals that 33 percent report they do not follow evidence-based guidelines and data for patient skin antisepsis. This finding is especially surprising given that the survey, which was conducted by ...More
November 15, 2010
Posted in News, Hand Hygiene
Study Shows Effectiveness of ChloraPrep in SSI Prevention

Data published today in the New England Journal of Medicine demonstrates that use of CareFusion’s patient preoperative skin preparation ChloraPrep® (2 percent chlorhexidine gluconate and 70 percent isopropyl alcohol) reduced total surgical site infections (SSIs) ...More
January 7, 2010
Posted in News, Disinfection & Sterilization
New Data Show ChloraPrep Effective in Eliminating Bacteria From Skin Prior to Shoulder Surgery

Data published in the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery demonstrates that use of the preoperative skin preparation ChloraPrep from CareFusion Corp. is effectiveat eliminating overall bacteria from the shoulder region. After antisepsis with ChloraPrep (2 percent ...More
August 25, 2009
Posted in News, Hand Hygiene