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Protocol for a randomised controlled trial comparing aqueous with alcoholic chlorhexidine antisepsis for the prevention of superficial surgical site infection after minor surgery in general practice: the AVALANCHE trial

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  • C F Heal Discipline of General Practice and Rural Medicine, Mackay Clinical School, College of Medicine and Dentistry, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia Anton Breinl Research Centre for Health Systems Strengthening, Australian Institute of Tropical Health and Medicine, Townsville, Queensland, Australia PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • D Charles Discipline of General Practice and Rural Medicine, Mackay Clinical School, College of Medicine and Dentistry, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • A Hardy Discipline of General Practice and Rural Medicine, Mackay Clinical School, College of Medicine and Dentistry, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • M Delpachitra Discipline of General Practice and Rural Medicine, Mackay Clinical School, College of Medicine and Dentistry, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • J Banks PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • M Wohlfahrt Discipline of General Practice and Rural Medicine, Mackay Clinical School, College of Medicine and Dentistry, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Sabine Saednia Discipline of General Practice and Rural Medicine, Mackay Clinical School, College of Medicine and Dentistry, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • P Buettner Discipline of General Practice and Rural Medicine, Mackay Clinical School, College of Medicine and Dentistry, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia Tropical Health Solutions, Townsville, Queensland, Australia Queensland Centre for Chronic Disease Prevention, James Cook University, Cairns, Queensland, Australia PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  1. Correspondence to Professor Clare Heal; Clare.heal{at}jcu.edu.au
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Heal CF, Charles D, Hardy A, et al
Protocol for a randomised controlled trial comparing aqueous with alcoholic chlorhexidine antisepsis for the prevention of superficial surgical site infection after minor surgery in general practice: the AVALANCHE trial
BMJ Open 2016;6:e011604. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2016-011604

Publication history

  • Received February 20, 2016
  • Revised May 3, 2016
  • Accepted June 8, 2016
  • First published July 7, 2016.
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October 25, 2017
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