Impact of daily chlorhexidine baths and hand hygiene compliance on nosocomial infection rates in critically ill patients

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 713-717

  Martínez Reséndez, Michel Fernando ^a   Garza González, Elvira ^a   Mendoza Olazaran, Soraya ^a   Herrera Guerra, Alexis ^a   Rodríguez López, Juan Manuel ^a   Pérez Rodriguez, Edelmiro ^a   Mercado Longoria, Roberto ^a   Camacho Ortiz, Adrián ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DR JOSÉ ELEUTERIO GONZÁLEZ   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Hospital acquired infection; Infection control; Prevention

Indexed keywords

CHLORHEXIDINE; TOPICAL ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ACINETOBACTER INFECTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BATH; CATHETER INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; FEMALE; HAND WASHING; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RATE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA; ACINETOBACTER INFECTIONS; AGED; CANDIDIASIS; CRITICAL ILLNESS; CROSS INFECTION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; PREVALENCE; PROCEDURES; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ACINETOBACTER INFECTIONS; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; BATHS; CANDIDIASIS; CHLORHEXIDINE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HAND HYGIENE; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84903268059     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: 15273296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2014.03.354     Document Type: Article

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