Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . NEW ORLEANS – Repeat skin antisepsis performed after surgical draping but before incise draping reduces the ...

Cardinal Health, Inc. CAH recently introduced the first surgical incise drape utilizing industry-leading antiseptic Chlorhexidine Gluconate (CHG). Avery Dennison’s AVY patented BeneHold CHG adhesive ...

John Di Capua, MD, is deputy CEO and chief medical officer of North American Partners in Anesthesia Corp.; vice president of anesthesia services of North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System; and ...

The "skin-to-skin c-section drape", currently being tested in America, has a sealable hole in the surgical drape during a c-section so the baby can be passed through as soon as he/she is born.

FOR patients to recover safely from breast cancer surgery, surgical site infections (SSIs) must be minimised. Preoperative measures are the first step in any effective strategy. Infection risks are ...

Surgical procedures are commonly performed using mice but can have major effects on their core body temperature, including development of hypothermia. In this study, we evaluated active perioperative ...