Director, Center for Clinical Research and Scholarship, Rush University Medical Center; Professor, Rush University College of Nursing; Nurse Practitioner, Mercy Hospital & Medical Center, Chicago, ...

Nursing homes that use chlorhexidine on the skin and nose can prevent infections and lower the amount of antibiotic resistant organisms in the facilities. The study was published today in the New ...

Nursing homes that regularly use universal decolonization methods like chlorhexidine bathing to clean the skin and iodophor to clean the nose reduces the chance of a patient being transferred to a ...

Giving critically ill hospital patients a daily bath with a mild, soapy solution of the same antibacterial agent used by surgeons to "scrub in" before an operation can dramatically cut down, by as ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . SAN DIEGO — Investigators found that patients who used cloths impregnated with 2% chlorhexidine gluconate ...

PHOENIX — Bathing patients in the intensive care unit daily with the antimicrobial agent chlorhexidine to prevent hospital-acquired infections might not be effective and could even increase the risk ...

Using germ-killing soap to wash the sickest patients every day and applying antibacterial ointment inside their noses turns out to be the most effective way to reduce deadly hospital bloodstream ...

A new study has found a reduced risk of hospital-acquired infections when using two percent chlorhexidine gluconate cloths for daily bathing instead of soap and water. The study found a 64 percent ...

Chlorhexidine Gluconate Baths More Effective at Preventing Infection Than Soap and Water A new study from Rhode Island Hospital has found a reduced risk of healthcare-associated infections when using ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Physicians seeking to reduce their patients risk of infection following surgery or during hospital stays may ...

Chlorhexidine gluconate (CHG) is a widely used topical antiseptic that is recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for skin cleansing before central venous catheter insertion in ...