| |
Mean cfu/mL
|
|---|
|
Skin disinfection (Chlorhexine 5 mg/mL in 70 % ethanol)
|
All
|
Men
|
Women
|
|---|
| |
36 °C
|
20 °C
|
36 °C
|
20 °C
|
36 °C
|
20 °C
|
|---|
| |
n = 106
|
n = 112
|
n = 62
|
n = 62
|
n = 44
|
n = 50
|
|---|
|
Before skin disinfection
|
2388
|
2687
|
3516
|
3734
|
825
|
1389
|
|
After skin disinfection
|
298
|
199
|
500
|
277
|
5
|
85
|
|
After incision (wound)
|
347
|
383
|
592
|
576
|
1
|
144
|
|
Before wound closure (wound)
|
973
|
1004
|
1570
|
1615
|
131
|
258
|
- No statistically significant differences between preheated and room-temperature skin disinfectant within study groups at any time point evaluated for all patients as well as for men and women separately. Mann Whitney U test used as statistical method. Cultures showed that male had significantly more bacteria at all four time-points than females irrespectively of temperature. Mann Whitney U test used as statistical method
- Bacterial growth, represented as mean cfu/mL, observed in cultures from patients who received preheated skin disinfectant compared with room-temperature skin disinfectant at the four perioperative time-points. Data were combined for the overall group and for males and females separately
