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The Journal of Maternal-Fetal & Neonatal Medicine Volume 26, 2013 - Issue 17
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Can we reduce the surgical site infection rate in cesarean sections using a chlorhexidine-based antisepsis protocol?

Jonia Amer-AlshiekDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Lis Maternity Hospital, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University Tel-AvivIsrael
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Tahani AlshiekThe Hebrew University of Jerusalem, the Faculty of Medicine JerusalemIsrael
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Benny AlmogDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Lis Maternity Hospital, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University Tel-AvivIsrael
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Joseph B. LessingDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Lis Maternity Hospital, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University Tel-AvivIsrael
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Abed SatelDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Lis Maternity Hospital, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University Tel-AvivIsrael
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Ariel ManyDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Lis Maternity Hospital, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University Tel-AvivIsrael
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Ishai LevinDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Lis Maternity Hospital, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University Tel-AvivIsraelCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 1749-1752 | Received 19 Feb 2013, Accepted 18 Apr 2013, Published online: 24 May 2013

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Huaping Huang, Guirong Li, Haiyan Wang & Mei He. (2018) Optimal skin antiseptic agents for prevention of surgical site infection in cesarean section: a meta-analysis with trial sequential analysis. The Journal of Maternal-Fetal & Neonatal Medicine 31:24, pages 3267-3274.
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