Daily chlorhexidine bathing to reduce bacteraemia in critically ill children: A multicentre, cluster-randomised, crossover trial

The Lancet

Volumn 381, Issue 9872, 2013, Pages 1099-1106

  Milstone, Aaron M ^a   Elward, Alexis ^c   Song, Xiaoyan ^d   Zerr, Danielle M ^e   Orscheln, Rachel ^c   Speck, Kathleen ^a   Obeng, Daniel ^b   Reich, Nicholas G ^b   Coffin, Susan E ^f   Perl, Trish M ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORHEXIDINE GLUCONATE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BATH; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 84875722484     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(12)61687-0     Document Type: Article

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