Alcohol-based surgical hand preparation: translating scientific evidence into clinical practice.

Background: Although alcohol-based surgical hand preparation offers potential advantages over the traditional surgical scrubbing technique, implementing it may be challenging due to resistance of surgeons in changing their practice. We aimed to implement alcohol-based surgical hand preparation in the hospital setting evaluating the impact of that on the quality and duration of the procedure, as well as on the prevention of surgical site infections.

Methods: A quasi-experimental study conducted at a tertiary-care university hospital from April 01 to November 01, 2017.