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Preoperative hair removal with clippers does not increase infection rate in clean surgical wounds
Olson MM, MacCallum J, McQuarrie DG. Preoperative hair removal with clippers does not increase infection rate in clean surgical wounds. Surgery, Gynecology & Obstetrics. 1986;162(2):181–182.

Recommended article from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Collaborative on Surgical Infection Prevention, which concluded in April 2003.



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