TY - JOUR
T1 - Pre-operative Hair Removal
T2 - A Literature Review
AU - Al Maqbali, Mohammed
PY - 2016/1/12
Y1 - 2016/1/12
N2 - In pre-operative preparation, has traditionally included the routine removal of body hair from the surgical site. However, there are many studies suggesting not to shaving the incision site. The objective of this review was to determine if shaving compared to non-shaving the surgical site will result in reduced level of infection. Fifteen studies were included in this review; three of them are systematic review. There is inconclusive evidence that hair removal has effects on surgical site infection (SSI). However, there was some evidence that hair removal by clipper and depilation cream was superior to shaving.
AB - In pre-operative preparation, has traditionally included the routine removal of body hair from the surgical site. However, there are many studies suggesting not to shaving the incision site. The objective of this review was to determine if shaving compared to non-shaving the surgical site will result in reduced level of infection. Fifteen studies were included in this review; three of them are systematic review. There is inconclusive evidence that hair removal has effects on surgical site infection (SSI). However, there was some evidence that hair removal by clipper and depilation cream was superior to shaving.
KW - Surgical Site infection
KW - preoperative preparation
KW - Preoperative Hair Removal
KW - Clipper
KW - Depilation
KW - shaving with razor
U2 - 10.15344/2394-4978/2016/163
DO - 10.15344/2394-4978/2016/163
M3 - Literature review
VL - 3
JO - International Journal of Nursing & Clinical Practices
JF - International Journal of Nursing & Clinical Practices
IS - 1
M1 - 163
ER -