School of Medicine

Department of Orthopaedics

Dr. Zura and Dr. Rivera Partake in a Study With New England Journal of Medicine on Iodine or Chlorhexidine as a Skin Antisepsis

Skin Antisepsis Before Surgery Fixation

In a study conducted in a cluster-randomized crossover trial at 25 different hospitals. LSU Orthopaedic's Robert Zura, MD and Jessica Rivera, MD studied the effects of iodine povacrylex chlorhexidine gluconate as skin antisepsis before surgery to repair a fractured limb. 

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