Daily skin cleansing with chlorhexidine did not reduce the rate of central-line associated bloodstream infection in a surgical intensive care unit

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 854-858

  Popovich, Kyle J ^a,b   Hota, Bala ^a,b   Hayes, Robert ^b   Weinstein, Robert A ^a,b   Hayden, Mary K ^b  

^a Division of Medical Toxicology   (United States)

^b RUSH MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Central line associated bacteremia; Chlorhexidine; Infection prevention; Intensive care unit

Indexed keywords

CHLORHEXIDINE; SOAP;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISINFECTION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; SURGICAL WARD;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; BACTEREMIA; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; CHLORHEXIDINE; CROSS INFECTION; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; INTENSIVE CARE; MIDDLE AGED; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; SKIN; SKIN CARE; SOAPS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77951205607     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: 14321238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-010-1783-y     Document Type: Article

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