Protecting yourself before surgery. A surgical site infection (SSI) is an infection that patients can get during or after surgery. Before your surgery or procedure. After your surgery or procedure.
If you’re in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU). Wash and rinse your hair, face, and body using your normal shampoo and soap.
Wash your hair with your normal shampoo, and rinse it well. It continues killing germs for hours after using it, which helps prevent infections before , during, and after. This special soap cleans the surgeon’s own skin as well as their patients’.
If you have any questions, contact a member of your healthcare team directly. General Instructions For best , shower both the evening before and day of your surgery. With each shower or bath, wash your hair with your normal shampoo.
Do not wash your hair with the CHG soap. You will take three CHG showers.
The first shower should be taken two days before surgery and the second shower the day before surgery. The third shower will be the morning of surgery. Rinse your hair and body thoroughly afterward to remove the residue. The Morning of Surgery (hours prior to arrival for surgery ) 1. Repeat steps through on first page. Avoid anything that could make you sweat before surgery.
Your skin needs to be clean and ready for surgery. Apply only enough medicine to cover the area you are treating. Wash the area gently, then rinse thoroughly with plain.
Refer to Drug Facts label for full directions for use and indications. Have to get it at the pharmacy and she said it can be pretty pricey so ask if there is a generic version. For abdominal surgery , cleaning of the belly button with a Q-Tip is appropriate 1. Hibiclens is for use only on the skin. HIBICLENS is an antiseptic, antimicrobial skin cleanser that gently and effectively cleanses skin and superficial wounds. HIBICLENS Soap is ideally used for general skin cleansing, surgical hand scrub, personnel hand wash , preoperative skin preparation, and skin wound cleansing.
This product should not be used if your allergic to CHG. Bathing or showering steps 1.
In the shower or tub, wash body with regular soap and water first. Chlorhexidine belongs to a group of medicines called antiseptic antibacterial agents. It is used to clean the skin after an injury, before surgery , or before an injection.
It works by killing or preventing the growth of bacteria on the skin. Patients should also be reminded not to wash genital areas or scalp hair with CHG solution. Genital areas can be washed with antibacterial soap if desired.
Getting your skin ready for surgery – chlorhexidine soap shower. It has an antiseptic activity on a wide range of organisms. Using this soap will help remove any dangerous bacteria you may be carrying on your own skin that could enter your surgical incision and cause an infection.
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