572. Relationship Between Chlorhexidine Gluconate (CHG) Skin Concentrations and Microbial Skin Colonization among Medical Intensive Care Unit (MICU) Patients

BACKGROUND: CHG bathing is used to suppress patients’ microbial skin colonization, in order to prevent infections and transmission of multidrug-resistant organisms. Prior work has suggested that microbial growth is inhibited when CHG skin concentrations exceed threshold levels. METHODS: We conducted...

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Autores principales: Rhee, Yoona, Hayden, Mary K, Simms, Andrew T, Yelin, Rachel D, Lolans, Karen, Bell, Pamela B, Schoeny, Michael, Baker, Arthur W, Baker, Meghan A, Gohil, Shruti K, Rhee, Chanu, Talati, Naasha J, Warren, David K, Welbel, Sharon F, Dangana, Thelma E, Majalca, Thelma, Bravo, Heilen, Cass, Candice, Nelson, Alicia, Tolomeo, Pam C, Wolf, Robert, Lin, Michael Y
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6811213/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofz360.641

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