Association of Different Surgical Sterile Prep Solutions With Infection Risk After Cutaneous Surgery of the Head and Neck

Murad Alam; Joel L Cohen; Brian Petersen; Daniel I Schlessinger; Alexandra Weil; Sanjana Iyengar; Emily Poon

doi:10.1001/jamadermatol.2017.0995

Association of Different Surgical Sterile Prep Solutions With Infection Risk After Cutaneous Surgery of the Head and Neck

JAMA Dermatol. 2017 Aug 1;153(8):830-831. doi: 10.1001/jamadermatol.2017.0995.

Authors

Murad Alam^{1

2

3}, Joel L Cohen^{4

5

6}, Brian Petersen¹, Daniel I Schlessinger¹, Alexandra Weil¹, Sanjana Iyengar¹, Emily Poon¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Dermatology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois.
² Department of Otolaryngology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois.
³ Department of Surgery, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois.
⁴ Department of Dermatology, University of Colorado, Denver.
⁵ Department of Dermatology, University of California at Irvine.
⁶ AboutSkin Dermatology and DermSurgery, Greenwood Village, Colorado.

Abstract

This study assesses the association between the type of preoperative sterile prep solution used and infection risk after cutaneous surgery of the head and neck in a large cohort of patients.

Publication types

Multicenter Study
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Dermatologic Surgical Procedures / methods*
Follow-Up Studies
Head and Neck Neoplasms / surgery*
Humans
Incidence
Prospective Studies
Sterilization / methods*
Surgical Wound Infection / epidemiology
Surgical Wound Infection / prevention & control*
United States / epidemiology