Chlorhexidine daily bathing: Impact on health care-associated infections caused by gram-negative bacteria

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 640-643

  Cassir, Nadim ^a   Thomas, Guillemette ^a,b   Hraiech, Sami ^a,b   Brunet, Julie ^c   Fournier, Pierre Edouard ^a   La Scola, Bernard ^a   Papazian, Laurent ^a,b  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b HÔPITAL NORD   (France)

^c Direction de la Recherche Clinique   (France)

Author keywords

Chlorhexidine daily bathing; Gram negative bacteria; Health care associated infections; Intensive care unit

Indexed keywords

CHLORHEXIDINE GLUCONATE; SOAP; WATER; CHLORHEXIDINE; TOPICAL ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACILLI; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BATH; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HEALTHCARE ASSOCIATED INFECTION; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SEPSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; CROSS INFECTION; FRANCE; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AGED; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; BATHS; CHLORHEXIDINE; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; FRANCE; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84931566449     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: 15273296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2015.02.010     Document Type: Article

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