Effectiveness of 2 methods of chlorhexidine bathing

Journal of Nursing Care Quality

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 171-175

  Ritz, Jayne ^a   Pashnik, Barbara ^a   Padula, Cynthia ^a   Simmons, Katie ^b  

^a MIRIAM HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Good Samaritan Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

chlorhexidine bathing; chlorhexidine cloths; costs; infection control

Indexed keywords

CHLORHEXIDINE; CHLORHEXIDINE GLUCONATE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; TOPICAL ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BATH; CANCER CENTER; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ECONOMICS; ENTEROCOCCUS; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; ONCOLOGY NURSING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SATISFACTION; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BATHS; CHLORHEXIDINE; ENTEROCOCCUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; ONCOLOGIC NURSING; ONCOLOGY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84857910368     PISSN: 10573631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NCQ.0b013e3182398568     Document Type: Article

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