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  • Title: An operative technique to reduce valve colonisation.
    Author: Fitzgerald R, Connolly B.
    Journal: Z Kinderchir; 1984 Dec; 39 Suppl 2():107-8. PubMed ID: 6524099.
    Abstract:
    Using a multiple skin preparation technique, drape edges soaked in chlorhexidine and valves primed with gentamicin solution CSF shunt (VP) colonisation rate has been reduced to 2.4% of 82 operations.
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