Nerve and ring blocks

Summary of changes

Addition: Chlorhexidine for cleaning injection sites

Primary references

  1. National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (2020) Surgical site infections: prevention and treatment [NG125], NICE Guidelines, accessed 7 October 2022.

  2. Roberts JR (2018) Roberts and Hedges' clinical procedures in emergency medicine and acute care, Elsevier, Philadelphia.

  3. Thomson CJ and Lalonde DH (2006) 'Randomized double-blind comparison of duration of anesthesia among three commonly used agents in digital nerve block', Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, 118(2):429-32, doi:10.1097/01.prs.0000227632.43606.12