Surgical hand antisepsis: the evidence.
For 150 years members of the surgical team have been washing their hands with solutions designed to remove micro-organisms and therefore reduce surgical site infections in patients. This article discusses the evidence surrounding aspects of surgical hand antisepsis.
Tanner
Judith
J
De Montfort University and University Hospitals Leicester, Charles Frears Campus, 266 London Road, Leicester LE2 1RQ. jtanner@dmu.ac.uk