Recently (appx. 3 months ago), one of our orthopod groups decided to switch to ChloraPrep for all of their Duraprep-prep cases, after reading an article on its effectiveness. But they're noticing that most of the pts. coming back for their post-op visit have had post-op allergic skin reactions, and so far it seems like the ChloraPrep is doing it (the Ioban, Xeroform gauze, Scarlet Red, and latex were ruled out).
Haven't heard from the company that makes ChloraPrep yet (sent the sales rep an email a few days ago), but that's still in the works. Meanwhile, i put Duraprep back on their preference sheets, and Chloraprep is only used on their cases when there's a betadine allergy.
Has anyone else had this issue with ChloraPrep in any surgical or nursing specialty?