that
was judged to be related to the study drugs; however,
no serious adverse events were judged to be
related to the study drugs. There were no cases of
fire or chemical skin burn in the operating room.
A total of seven patients died: four (1.0%) in the
chlorhexidine–alcohol group who did not have surgical-
site infections and three (0.7%) in the povidone–
iodine group who died from sepsis due to
organ-space infection.
DISCUSSION