Abstract
Surgical Site infections (SSIs) can occur on the part of the body where surgery has been done. SSI is among the most important problems of healthcare organizations. Its rate has been increased 3% from July of 2013 until August of 2014. SSI can also represent quality care of patients taken care by surgeons. Healthcare experts are doing research on the pre-operative and post-operative strategies to reduce the problem of SSI. Prep agents such as Chlorhexidine gluconate (CHG) and povidone-iodine (Betadine) can be used in preoperative surgical practices. Many studies have shown that chlorhexidine gluconate is excellent for both clinical ...
