We analysed the difference between chemical disinfection without water (Dry Scrubbing) and standard surgical scrubbing (Wet Scrubbing) in terms of the (1) difference in surface flora on the hands of the operating team; this also serves as a surrogate marker of wound infection and (2) wound infection rates.
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A second oblique reference to scrubbing is found slightly later in 1889 at the Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore where scrub nurse Caroline Hampton is described washing her hands with a solution of carbolic acid and mercuric chloride.
INTRODUCTION: Use of new methods for prevention of communicable diseases and infection control, nowadays in most operating rooms involves the surgical team scrubbing with an efficient agent for a short time, while in more of our operating rooms, traditional use of routine hand scrub (Betadine more than 3 min) is common.