Better antiseptic curbs post-surgery infections

Courtesy Headlines from the Associated Press  Wed, 01/06/2010 - 16:00

NEW YORK (AP) -- Looks like doctors aren't the only ones who should scrub before surgery. Bathing patients with an antiseptic and squirting medicated ointment up their noses dramatically cut the rate of dangerous staph infections afterward, researchers found....

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