Modifying the risk: Once-a-day bathing “at risk” patients in the intensive care unit with chlorhexidine gluconate

Chlorhexidine gluconate (CHG) decreases hospital-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) that can cause colonization and infection. A standard approach is the bathing of all patients with CHG to prevent MRSA transmission. To decrease CHG utilization, this study assessed selective...

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Published in:American journal of infection control 2014-05, Vol.42 (5), p.571-573
Main Authors: Armellino, Donna, RN, DNP, CIC, Woltmann, Jeanine, RN, BSN, CIC, Parmentier, Darlene, RN, MSN, MBA, CNML, Musa, Nancy, RN, BSN, Eichorn, Ann, MS, Silverman, Robert, MD, Hirschwerk, David, MD, Farber, Bruce, MD
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Antibiotics. Antiinfectious agents. Antiparasitic agents
Antiseptics
Bacterial diseases
Baths - methods
Biological and medical sciences
Chlorhexidine
Chlorhexidine - analogs & derivatives
Chlorhexidine - therapeutic use
Cross Infection - microbiology
Cross Infection - prevention & control
Cross Infection - transmission
Disease transmission
Disease Transmission, Infectious - prevention & control
Disinfectants - therapeutic use
Disinfection - methods
Epidemiology. Vaccinations
General aspects
Health Services Research
Human bacterial diseases
Humans
Infection Control
Infectious Disease
Infectious diseases
Intensive care
Intensive care unit
Intensive Care Units
Medical sciences
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus - isolation & purification
Patients
Pharmacology. Drug treatments
Prevention
Risk Management - methods
Staphylococcal Infections - microbiology
Staphylococcal Infections - prevention & control
Staphylococcal Infections - transmission
Staphylococcal infections, streptococcal infections, pneumococcal infections
Transmission
Treatment Outcome
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Summary:Chlorhexidine gluconate (CHG) decreases hospital-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) that can cause colonization and infection. A standard approach is the bathing of all patients with CHG to prevent MRSA transmission. To decrease CHG utilization, this study assessed selective daily administration of CHG bathing to intensive care unit patients who had an MRSA-positive result or a central venous catheter. This risk-based approach was associated with a 72% decrease in hospital-acquired MRSA transmission rate.
ISSN:0196-6553
1527-3296
DOI:10.1016/j.ajic.2013.12.026