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Prevention of hospital-acquired bloodstream infections through chlorhexidine gluconate-impregnated washcloth bathing in intensive care units: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised crossover trials

We assessed the impact of 2% daily patient bathing with chlorhexidine gluconate (CHG) washcloths on the incidence of hospital-acquired (HA) and central line-associated (CLA) bloodstream infections (BSI) in intensive care units (ICUs). We searched randomised studies in Medline, EMBASE, Cochrane Libra...

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Autores principales: Afonso, Elsa, Blot, Koen, Blot, Stijn
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5144946/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27918269
http://dx.doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2016.21.46.30400