TY - JOUR AU - Gaspar, Gilberto G. AU - Menegueti, Mayra G. AU - Lopes, Ana Elisa R. AU - Santos, Roberto O. C. AU - de Araújo, Thamiris R. AU - Nassiff, Aline AU - Ferreira, Lécio R. AU - Dallora, Maria Eulalia L. V. AU - Canini, Silvia R. M. S. AU - Bellissimo-Rodrigues, Fernando PY - 2018 DA - 2018/07/09 TI - Alcohol-based surgical hand preparation: translating scientific evidence into clinical practice JO - Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control SP - 80 VL - 7 IS - 1 AB - Although alcohol-based surgical hand preparation offers potential advantages over the traditional surgical scrubbing technique, implementing it may be challenging due to resistance of surgeons in changing their practice. We aimed to implement alcohol-based surgical hand preparation in the hospital setting evaluating the impact of that on the quality and duration of the procedure, as well as on the prevention of surgical site infections. SN - 2047-2994 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s13756-018-0372-7 DO - 10.1186/s13756-018-0372-7 ID - Gaspar2018 ER -