Standardization of a Surgical Site Precleansing Technique for Vascular Patients

BECAUSE VASCULAR PATIENTS often have comorbidities that hinder preoperative showering, OR nurses at a specialty hospital in Dallas, Texas, developed and implemented an intraoperative surgical site precleansing technique as standard practice for patients undergoing procedures involving the axilla or groin. AORN J 88 (August 2008) 261-265. © AORN, Inc, 2008.