Does chlorhexidine bathing in adult intensive care units reduce blood culture contamination? A pragmatic cluster-randomized trial

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Septimus EJ, Hayden MK, Kleinman K, Avery TR, Moody J, Weinstein RA, Hickok J, Lankiewicz J, Gombosev A, Haffenreffer K, Kaganov RE, Jernigan JA, Perlin JB, Platt R, Huang SS.
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2014 Oct; 35 Suppl 3: S17-22.
Hospital Corporation of America, Nashville, Tennessee.

  • Universal decolonization with CHG bathing resulted in a significant reduction in blood culture contamination.

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