Effect of Chlorhexidine Bathing Every Other Day on Prevention of Hospital-Acquired Infections in the Surgical ICU: A Single-Center, Randomized Controlled Trial.

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To test the hypothesis that compared with daily soap and water bathing, 2% chlorhexidine gluconate bathing every other day for up to 28 days decreases the risk of hospital-acquired catheter-associated urinary tract infection, ventilator-associated pneumonia, incisional surgical site infection, and primary bloodstream infection in surgical ICU patients.

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Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Crit. Care Med.

Title: Critical care medicine

Publisher: Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)

ISSN (Electronic): 1530-0293

ISSN (Print): 0090-3493

Publication date (Electronic): Oct 2016

Volume: 44

Issue: 10

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[1 ] 1Department of Pharmacy Practice and Clinical Health Sciences, College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Texas Southern University, Houston, TX.2Allied Health Sciences, Institute for Academic Medicine, Houston Methodist Research Institute, Houston, TX.3Department of Pharmacy, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX.4Center for Outcomes Research, Department of Surgery, Houston Methodist Research Institute, Houston, TX.5Department of Surgery, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX.6Department of Surgery, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY.7Department of Pharmacy, Memorial Hermann Greater Heights Hospital, Houston, TX.8Surgical Intensive Care Unit, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX.9Ambulatory Treatment Center, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX.10Pharmaceutical Health Outcomes and Policy, College of Pharmacy, University of Houston, Houston, TX.11Rapides Regional Physician Group, Rapides Regional Medical Center, Alexandria, LA.12Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, East Hanover, NJ.13Division of Acute Care Surgery and Surgical Critical Care, Department of Surgery, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX.14Infection Prevention and Control, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX.15Department of Pathology and Genomic Medicine, Houston Methodist Research Institute, Houston, TX.

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DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0000000000001820

PubMed ID: 27428384

SO-VID: e52d1c7d-1536-4b4c-ba0f-0557e39c0b0f

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