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Use of Statistics as Another Factor Leading to an Overestimation of Chlorhexidine's Role in Skin Antisepsis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Matthias Maiwald ,
Trevor N. Petney ,
Pryseley N. Assam  and
Edwin S.-Y. Chan
Matthias Maiwald*
Affiliation:
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, KK Women's and Children's Hospital, Singapore, ; Department of Microbiology, National University of Singapore; and Duke-National University of Singapore Graduate Medical School, Singapore
Trevor N. Petney
Affiliation:
Department of Ecology and Parasitology, Zoology Institute, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany
Pryseley N. Assam
Affiliation:
Centre for Quantitative Medicine, Office of Clinical Sciences, Duke-National University of Singapore Graduate Medical School, Singapore; Department of Epidemiology, Singapore Clinical Research Institute, Singapore; and Singapore Branch, Australasian Cochrane Centre, Singapore
Edwin S.-Y. Chan
Affiliation:
Centre for Quantitative Medicine, Office of Clinical Sciences, Duke-National University of Singapore Graduate Medical School, Singapore; Department of Epidemiology, Singapore Clinical Research Institute, Singapore; and Singapore Branch, Australasian Cochrane Centre, Singapore
*
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, KK Women's and Children's Hospital, 100 Bukit Timah Road, Singapore 229899, Singapore (matthias.maiwald @kkh.com.sg)
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Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 34 , Issue 8 , August 2013 , pp. 872 - 873
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2013

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