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Master of Public Health

Preoperative Chlorhexidine Gluconate Use May Increase Risk for Surgical Site Infections after Ventral Hernia Repair.

AUTHORS

Prabhu AS , Krpata DM , Phillips S , Huang LC , Haskins IN , Rosenblatt S , Poulose BK , Rosen MJ , . Journal of the American College of Surgeons. 2016 12 22; ().

ABSTRACT

There is varying evidence regarding the use of preoperative chlorhexidine gluconate to decrease surgical site infection for elective surgery. This intervention has never been studied in ventral hernia repair, the most common general surgery procedure in the United States. We aimed to determine if preoperative chlorhexidine gluconate decreases the risk of 30-day wound morbidity in patients undergoing ventral hernia repair.

There is varying evidence regarding the use of preoperative chlorhexidine gluconate to decrease surgical site infection for elective surgery. This intervention has never been studied in ventral hernia repair, the most common general surgery procedure in the United States. We aimed to determine if preoperative chlorhexidine gluconate decreases the risk of 30-day wound morbidity in patients undergoing ventral hernia repair.

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