Is There a Relationship between Preoperative Shaving (Hair Removal) and Surgical Site Infection? | Semantic Scholar (2024)

The present consensus appears to favour the use of clippers and depilatory creams over razors for hair removal.

In PCI, preoperative skin preparation with 2% chlorhexidine was not inferior to conventional hair shaving in terms of the wound infection rate and SSI rate and there was no statistically significant difference between 2 skin preparations.

Both hair removal methods are safe and efficacious components of aseptic technique in rats, and their effect on wound healing and SSI is evaluated.

A multicenter, prospective, cluster pseudo-randomized controlled trial to examine the non-inferiority of shorter AMP duration (within 24’h) against longer duration (24–48 h) in preventing postoperative HAIs in preventing surgical site infections (SSI, UTI, RTI, and other infectious diseases).

Preoperative hair removal with razor shaving predisposes to skin injuries which in turn significantly influence postoperative wound infection rates, and injuries and resultant wound infection are fewer when depilatory cream is used for hair removal.

This review found no statistically significant effect on SSI rates of hair removal and insufficient numbers of people have been involved in this research to allow confidence in a conclusion.

It is concluded that the removal of hair by shaving does not lower the risk of surgical wound infection and may increase the risk.

Many proven and potentially valid methods are employed to prevent SSI and Coordinated and standardized protocols with good data collection can assist the multi-disciplinary efforts to reduce SSI within the unique practices of a given institution.

Hydrocephalic patients undergo repetitive surgical procedures, most of which involve the scalp, for cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) shunts and the actuarial rate of infection at 1 year was 3.3% in the study population and 6.9%" in the control population.

The shaving of the incision site immediately before spinal surgery may increase the rate of postoperative infection.

Patients having surgery in the United Kingdom are probably less vulnerable to surgical site infections than ever before - despite persisting concerns about meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and increasing antibiotic resistance in other organisms such as vancomycin-resistant Enterococci.

Patients having surgery in the United Kingdom are probably less vulnerable to surgical site infections than ever before despite persisting concerns about meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and increasing antibiotic resistance in other organisms such as vancomycin-resistant Enterococci.

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