An operative technique to reduce valve colonisation.
Using a multiple skin preparation technique, drape edges soaked in chlorhexidine and valves primed with gentamicin solution CSF shunt (VP) colonisation rate has been reduced to 2.4% of 82 operations.
D002097:C-Reactive Protein / Q000378:metabolism; D002557:Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunts; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D006849:Hydrocephalus / Q000601:surgery*; D009436:Neural Tube Defects / Q000601:surgery*; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000517:prevention & control*; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000517:prevention & control*
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