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The benefit of combining antiseptic chlorhexidine with alcohol has not been compared with alcohol-based skin preparation alone in a prospective controlled clinical trial.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Between August and October 2014, patients undergoing abdominal surgery received preoperative skin antisepsis with 70 per cent isopropanol (PA). Those treated between November 2014 and January 2015 received 2 per cent chlorhexidine with 70 per cent isopropanol (CA). The primary endpoint was SSI on postoperative day (POD) 10, which was evaluated using univariable analysis, and a multivariable logistic regression model correcting for known independent risk factors for SSI. The study protocol was published in the German Registry of Clinical Studies (DRKS00011174).<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>In total, 500 patients undergoing elective midline laparotomy were included (CA 221, PA 279). The incidence of superficial and deep SSIs was significantly different on POD 10: 14 of 212 (6\u00b76 per cent) among those treated with CA and 32 of 260 (12\u00b73 per cent) in those who received PA (P = 0\u00b7038). In the multivariable analysis, skin antisepsis with CA was an independent factor for reduced incidence of SSI on POD 10 (P = 0\u00b7034).<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>This study showed a benefit of adding chlorhexidine to alcohol for skin antisepsis in reducing early SSI compared with alcohol alone.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1002\/bjs.10793","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2018,3,30]],"date-time":"2018-03-30T06:14:39Z","timestamp":1522390479000},"page":"893-899","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":16,"title":["Comparison of chlorhexidine\u2013isopropanol with isopropanol skin antisepsis for prevention of surgical-site infection after abdominal surgery"],"prefix":"10.1093","volume":"105","author":[{"given":"J C","family":"Harnoss","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of General, Visceral 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