Chlorhexidine bathing and infections in critically ill patients

JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 313, Issue 18, 2015, Pages 1862-1863

  Van Zanten, Arthur R H ^a  

^a GELDERSE VALLEI HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORHEXIDINE GLUCONATE; CHLORHEXIDINE; DISINFECTANT AGENT;

BATH; CATHETER INFECTION; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; HAND WASHING; HEALTHCARE ASSOCIATED INFECTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION PREVENTION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LETTER; MICROBIAL COLONIZATION; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; MALE;

BATHS; CHLORHEXIDINE; CROSS INFECTION; DISINFECTANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 84929439167     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2015.3527     Document Type: Letter

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