Daily bathing with octenidine on an intensive care unit is associated with a lower carriage rate of meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 156-159

  Spencer, C ^a   Orr, D ^a   Hallam, S ^a   Tillmanns, E ^a  

^a LANCASHIRE TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Colonization; Intensive care; Meticillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus; Octenidine

Indexed keywords

CHLORHEXIDINE; OCTENIDINE; PSEUDOMONIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BATH; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HAWTHORNE EFFECT; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; PILOT STUDY;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; BATHS; CARRIER STATE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; PILOT PROJECTS; PYRIDINES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 84873099096     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: 15322939     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2012.10.007     Document Type: Article

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