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The efficacy of daily chlorhexidine bathing for preventing healthcare-associated infections in adult intensive care units

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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Autores principales: Huang, Hua-ping, Chen, Bin, Wang, Hai-Yan, He, Me
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Korean Association of Internal Medicine 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5094930/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27048258
http://dx.doi.org/10.3904/kjim.2015.240