Chlorhexidine-Alcohol versus Povidone-Iodine for Surgical-Site Antisepsis

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This study is a randomised controlled multicentre trial from the USA, published in the NEJM. In it it compares chlorhexidine-alcohol against povidone-iodine to determine which is most effective as pre-operative surgical site antisepsis in prevention of surgical site infection