LONDON – Patients going for surgery should bathe or shower beforehand but their surgical site should not be shaved, and antibiotics should be used to prevent infections before and during surgery, but ...

Circumventing this lesson can wreak havoc on your skin, no matter the razor you use. Sure, electric razors streamline the process, but there is still a risk of skin damage when shaving without ...

One of medicine`s most hallowed traditions-shaving the surgical site before an operation-may soon go the way of the turn-of-the-century ”barber surgeons,” who used their razors for some of the first ...

Hair removal is an important part of prepping a patient for many types of surgical procedures. A patient’s hair can interfere with surgical field of vision and serve as a potential source of infection ...

London: Patients going for surgery should bathe or shower beforehand but their surgical site should not be shaved, and antibiotics should be used to prevent infections before and during surgery, but ...

John Di Capua, MD, is deputy CEO and chief medical officer of North American Partners in Anesthesia Corp.; vice president of anesthesia services of North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System; and ...

3M CompanyMMM recently rolled its surgical skin prep solution - 3M SoluPrep Film-Forming Sterile Surgical Solution. The solution will help clinicians fight surgical site infection (SSI) diseases. The ...

LONDON (REUTERS) - Patients going for surgery should bathe or shower beforehand but their surgical site should not be shaved, and antibiotics should be used to prevent infections before and during ...