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Assessing the Potential for Unintended Microbial Consequences of Routine Chlorhexidine Bathing for Prevention of Healthcare-associated Infections

Published:2020-08-07 Issue:5 Volume:72 Page:891-898
ISSN:1058-4838
Container-title:Clinical Infectious Diseases
language:en
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Author:

Babiker Ahmed¹²^ORCID,Lutgring Joseph D³,Fridkin Scott¹,Hayden Mary K⁴⁵

Affiliation:

1. Division of Infectious Diseases, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

2. Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

3. Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

4. Department of Internal Medicine (Infectious Diseases), Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA

5. Department of Pathology, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA

Abstract

Abstract Chlorhexidine gluconate (CHG) is an antiseptic that is widely used in healthcare due to its excellent safety profile and wide spectrum of activity. Daily bathing with CHG has proven to be effective in the prevention of healthcare-associated infections and multidrug-resistant pathogen decolonization. Despite the proven benefits of CHG use, there remain concerns and unanswered questions about the potential for unintended microbial consequences of routine CHG bathing. This review aims to explore some of these questions.

Funder

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Publisher

Oxford University Press (OUP)

Subject

Infectious Diseases,Microbiology (medical)

Link

http://academic.oup.com/cid/advance-article-pdf/doi/10.1093/cid/ciaa1103/33728668/ciaa1103.pdf

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