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DURWARD L. LOVELL, M.D.

Arch Surg. 1946;53(3):304-311.

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ZEPHIRAN chloride, a mixture of high molecular alkyldimethylbenzyl ammonium chlorides, is a cationic detergent and germicide. Domagk,¹ Dunn,² Baker and colleagues,³ White and colleagues,⁴ Walter,⁵ Schumacker and Bethea,⁶ Hauser and Cutter⁷ and others have appraised its value as a germicide and pointed out its usefulness in the field of surgery.⁸ It is the purpose of this report to present the results obtained while its value was being investigated in use as a mechanical and chemical cleansing agent for the preoperative preparation of the hands, to compare its worth as a detergent when used for this purpose with that of medicinal soft soap and to compare its merits as a bactericide with those of 70 per cent alcohol when employed as a chemical cleansing agent.

Domagk¹ first pointed out some of the physical properties of zephiran chloride. It is a colorless, almost . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
BIRMINGHAM, ALA.

From the Department of Surgery, Duke University School of Medicine and Duke Hospital.

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