DACUMOS, DNAGLIPEN, PISTOLA, PIDUCA, GOLUCAN

** Put the search strategy in a table so you can check and organize if all possible matching have been done.
You may follow the table below:

Search number Keywords # of Hits

1 “Pressure sore*” OR “Pressure ulcer*” OR “Bedsore” 29,532
OR “Decubitus ulcer*”
2 “Patient positioning” OR “Frequency in turning” OR 953
“Patient turning protocol” OR “logrolling” OR “Patient
Turning” OR “Patient logrolling”
3 ‘Bedbound” OR “Bedridden” OR “Bedridden Person*” 2696
4 “Prevention of bedsore” OR “Prevention of Pressure 1167
Ulcer*” OR “Prevention of Pressure Sore*” OR
“Prevention of Decubitus Ulcer*”
5 #1 AND #2 73
6 #1 AND #3 1
7 #1 AND #4 1
8 #2 AND #3 1
9 #2 AND #4 1
10 #3 AND #4 1
11 #1 AND #2 AND #3 AND #4 AND RCT 1

** Expand your search strategy by looking at other related terms and combining it with the concepts of
your PICO question. You may also add the limiters, such as the research design, in the search strategy.
Will intraoperative skin preparation using scrubbing with povidone iodine versus inner to outer painting
technique be more effective in reducing post-operative abdominal surgical site infection?

P: Intraoperative skin preparation

I: Scrubbing with povidone-iodine
C: Inner to outer painting with Povidone-Iodine
O: Reduction of post-op SSI

Search number Keywords # of Hits

“Surgical site infection” OR “Post-operative wound 167,435
1 infection” OR “Surgical site infection” OR “wound” OR
“Surgical Infection”
“Post-operative surgical site*” OR “Post-operative 822
2
wound*’
3 “Surgical scrubbing” 35
4 “Surgical Painting” 1
“Surgical Skin Preparation” OR “Skin Preparation” OR 671
5
“Skin Prep”
6 “Abdominal Surgery*” 12,231
7 “Post-op SSI” 1
5 #1 AND #2 800
6 #1 AND #3 11
7 #1 AND #4
8 #2 AND #3
9 #2 AND #4
10 #3 AND #4
11 #1 AND #2 AND #3 AND #4 AND RCT