Infectious diseases
The efficacy of daily chlorhexidine bathing for preventing healthcare-associated infections in
adult intensive care units
Hua-ping Huang, Bin Chen, Hai-Yan Wang, Me He
Korean J Intern Med. 2016;31(6):1159-1170. Published online April 6, 2016
Background/Aims: Healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) in critically ill patients with prolonged length of hospital stay and increased medical costs. The aim of this study is to assess whether daily chlorhexidine gluconate (CHG) bathing will significantly reduce the rates of HAIs in adult intensiv..
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