PHOENIX — Bathing patients in the intensive care unit daily with the antimicrobial agent chlorhexidine to prevent hospital-acquired infections might not be effective and could even increase the risk ...
Daily bathing with chlorhexidine may reduce the risk of bloodstream infections, including central line-associated infections, according to research published in Infection Control and Hospital ...
NASHVILLE, June 26 (UPI) --Daily bathing of pediatric patients with chlorhexidine gluconate, or CHG, reduced bloodstream infections related to central line catheters in hospitals by just under 60 ...