Originally Posted by mx_599
seems like it would be the other way around. pre-op shaves are now done right before surgery as opposed to the night before to reduce infection. right DrPete?
Different animal. The thought was apparently that shaving the night before at home produces some amount of skin trauma so there are new little breaks in the skin. Electric clippers in the OR have become the standard. It's true that patients who shave at home the night before surgery have slightly higher wound infection rates.
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