Implementing daily chlorhexidine gluconate treatment for the prevention of healthcare-associated infections in non-intensive care settings: A multiple case analysis

Daily bathing with chlorhexidine gluconate (CHG) in hospitalized patients reduces healthcare-associated bloodstream infections and colonization by multidrug-resistant organisms. Achieving compliance with bathing protocols is challenging. This non-intensive care unit multicenter project evaluated the...

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Veröffentlicht in:	PloS one 2020-04, Vol.15 (4), p.e0232062-e0232062
Hauptverfasser:	Musuuza, Jackson S, Roberts, Tonya J, Hundt, Ann Schoofs, Carayon, Pascale, Zimbric, Michele L, Schuetz, Valeri, Reppen, Mel, Smith, Windy, Koffarnus, Kirsten, Brown, Roger L, Bowling, Jason, Jalali, Kat, Safdar, Nasia
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult Analysis Anti-Infective Agents, Local - administration & dosage Bathing Baths - methods Biology and Life Sciences Care and treatment Case studies Children's hospitals Chlorhexidine Chlorhexidine - administration & dosage Chlorhexidine - analogs & derivatives Chlorhexidine - therapeutic use Colonization Critical Care - methods Cross infection Cross Infection - epidemiology Cross Infection - prevention & control Data collection Education Engineering Female Focus groups Gluconates Health aspects Health care Health education Health services Hospital patients Hospitals, Community Humans Infection Infections Intensive care Intensive Care Units Male Medical equipment Medical personnel Medicine Medicine and Health Sciences Microbial drug resistance Multidrug resistance Nervous system Nosocomial infections Nursing schools Occupational safety Organizational aspects Patient care Patient education Patient monitoring equipment Patient safety Patients Pediatrics People and Places Physical Sciences Prevention Public health Safety Safety engineering Setting (Literature) Skin Systems engineering Teachers Teaching hospitals Training Variation Veterans health care Workers
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