Surgical hand scrub: lots of water wasted.
Web page from SHEBA added 07 October 2009. Published on 01 March 2007 0 comments
Primary Topic: Water
Secondary Topics: Clinical Transformation
Format: Web page
Document Type: Report
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- Description
- Surgical hand scrub (SHS) is an important antisepsis measure before participating in surgical operation. It reduces the risk of microbial contamination of the surgical wound by skin flora. SHS is usually performed in a scrub sink with taps that have hand operated handles. During the scrub process large volume of water is wasted. The aim of this study was to determine the volume of water used during SHS in comparison to the actual volume necessary. Ahmed A. Ann Afr Med. 2007 Mar;6(1):31-3.
- URL
- http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18240489
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