Daily Bathing With 4% Chlorhexidine Gluconate In Intensive Care Settings: a Randomized Controlled Trial
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1 C. Pallotto, M. Fiorio, V. De University Hospital a single-centre, single- Daily bathed with a soap-like 108 HAI in 91/449 (20,3%) Angelis, A. Ripoli, E. of Perugia, Italy. blind, controlled, solution of 4% CHG (Neoxidina patients; 76/449 (16,9%), Franciosini, L. Quondam parallel group, 1:1, mani 4%, Nouva Farmec, Settimo and 15/449 (2,7%) Girolamo, F. Volpi, P. Lorio, two arm, investigator- di Pescantina (VR), Italy) followed individuals suffered from D. Francisci, C. Tascini, F. initiated, and by water rinsing according to he one HAI and more than one Baldelli randomized trial. manufacture’r instructions for HAI, respectively. preoperative bathing; bathing was Bloodstream infection (BSI performed every day from and CLABSI) were the most admission to discharge. In brief, the frequently diagnosed HAI whole body surface with the (15,4 infections/1000 exception of the face wash (i) patient-days, respectively. humidified by waterimpregnated No UTI were detected. washcloths, (ii) bathed with 4% Moreover, we did not CHG-impregnated washcloths (at observe any differences least 30 ml) and, af ter at least 30 between the incidence of second, (iii) rinsed with water- HAI in ICU and PC-ICU. impregnated washcloths Effectiveness of 4% CHG bathing followed by rising with water. HAI are 40,4% less frequent in the intervention arm than in the control arm.