Daily chlorhexidine bathing and hospital-acquired infection [3]

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 368, Issue 24, 2013, Pages 2330-2332

  Esposito, Anthony L ^a  

^a SAINT VINCENT HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORHEXIDINE; TOPICAL ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BATH; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; CATHETER INFECTION; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; LETTER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN DECONTAMINATION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; BACTEREMIA; DISINFECTION; INFECTION RATE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS; CROSS INFECTION; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NOTE;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; BACTEREMIA; BATHS; CHLORHEXIDINE; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; HUMANS;

EID: 84878887681     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMc1304820     Document Type: Letter

References (1)

1. Climo MW, Yokoe DS, Warren KD, et al. Effect of daily chlorhexidine bathing on hospital-acquired infection. N Engl J Med 2013;368:533-42.