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Gomez-Alonso A, Garcia-Criado F J, Garcia-Sanchez J E, et al. Study of the efficacy of Coated VICRYL Plus Antibacterial Suture (coated Polglactin 910 suture with Triclosan) in two animal models of general surgery. J Infect 2007;54:82-8.

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Surveillance of surgical site infection in English hospitals. 1997-2001. Nosocomial Infection National Surveillance Service (NINSS).

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Barbolt T. Chemistry and safety of Triclosan, and its use as an antimicrobial coating on Coated Vicryl Plus antibacterial suture. Surg Infect (Larchmt) 2002;3:S45-53.

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Slater-Radosti C, Van Aller G, Greenwood R, et al. Biochemical and genetic characterization of the action of triclosan on Staphylococcus aureus. J Antimicrob Chemother 2001; 48:1-6.

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Storch M, Rothenburger S, Jacinto G. Experimental efficacy study of coated VICRYL Plus antibacterial suture in guinea pigs challenged with Staphylococcus aureus. Surg Infect (Larchmt) 2004;5(3):281-8.

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Mangram AJ, Horan TC, Pearson ML, Silver LC, Jarvis WR, the Hospital Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee. Guideline for the prevention of surgical site infection, 1999. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 1999;20:247-280.

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Storch ML, Rothenburger SJ, Jacinto G. Experimental efficacy study of coated VICRYL plus antibacterial suture in guinea pigs challenged with Staphylococcus aureus. Surg Infect. 2004;5:281-288.

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Storch M, Perry LC, Davidson JM, Ward JJ. A 28-day study of the effect of Coated VICRYL* Plus Antibacterial Suture (coated polyglactin 910 suture with triclosan) on wound healing in guinea pig linear incisional skin wounds. Surg Infect. 2002;3:S89-S98.

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Mangram AJ, Horan TC, Pearson ML, et al. The Hospital Infection Control Practice Advisory Committee. Guidelines for the prevention of surgical site infections. Am J Infect Control 1999;27:97-132.

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National Nosocomial Infections Surveillance (NNIS) System Report, data summary from January 1992 through June 2004,issued October 2004. Am J Infect Control 2004;32:470-485.

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Edmiston CE. Surgical site infection control in the critical care environment. In: Rello J, Vanes J, Kollef M, eds. Critical care infectious disease. 1st ed. Boston: Kluwer Academic Press; 2001:817-831.

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Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality ( Q). Making health care safer: a critical analysis of patient safety practices, evidence report/technology assessment, no. 43. 2001.

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Crnich CJ, Maki DG. The promise of novel technology for the prevention of intravascular device-related bloodstream infection. I. Pathogenesis and short-term devices. Clin Infect Dis 2002;34:1232-1242.

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Katz S, Izhar M, Mirelman D. Bacterial adherence to surgical sutures: a possible factors in suture induced infection. Ann Surg 1981;194:35-41.

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Edmiston CE. Prosthetic device infections in surgery. In:Nichol RL, Nyhus LM, eds. Problem in general surgery: Surgical sepsis 1993 and beyond. Vol 10. Philadelphia: JB Lippincott Co; 1993:444-468.

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Otten JE,Wiedmann-Al-Ahmad M, Janke H, Pelz K. Bacterial colonization on different suture material - A potential risk for intraoral dentoalveolar surgery. J Biomed Mater Res Part B: Appl Biomater 2005;74B:627-635.

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Storch ML, Rothenburger SJ, Jacinto G. Experimental efficacy study of coated Vicryl Plus antibacterial suture in guinea pigs challenged with Staphylocccus aureus. Surg Infect 2004;5: 281-288.

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Storch M, Perry LC, Davidson JM,Ward JJ. A 28-day study of the effect of coated Vicryl Plus antibacterial suture on wound healing in guinea pig linear skin wounds. Surg Infect 2002;3:S89-S98.

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Ford HR. Jones P, Gaines B, et al. Intraoperative handling and wound healing: controlled clinical trial comparing coated Vicryl Plus antibacterial suture with coated Vicryl suture. Surg Infect 2005;6:313-321.

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Jones RD, Jampani FIB, Newman JL, et al. Triclosan: A review of effectiveness and safety in health care setting. Am J Infect Control 2000;28:184-1.96.

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Levy SB. Antibacterial household products: cause for concern. Emerg Infect Dis 2001;7:512-515.

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Suller MTE, Russell AD. Triclosan and antibiotic resistance in Staphylococcus aureus. J Antimicrob Chemother 2000;46:1.1-18.

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Aiello AE, Marshall B, Levy SB, et al. Relationship between triclosan and susceptibility of bacteria isolates from hands in the community. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2004;48:2973-2979.