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

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• Alternative Title:
  Clin Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Babiker, Ahmed ; Lutgring, Joseph D. ; Fridkin, Scott ; Hayden, Mary K.
• Description:
  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.
• Subjects:
  Anti-Infective Agents, Local Baths Chlorhexidine Cross Infection Delivery Of Health Care Humans
• Keywords:
  Antibiotic Resistance Antiseptic Chlorhexidine Gluconate Decolonization Healthcare-associated Infections
• Source:
  Clin Infect Dis. 72(5):891-898
• Pubmed ID:
  32766819
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC8432606
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  CC999999/ImCDC/Intramural CDC HHSUnited States/ ; U54 CK000481/CK/NCEZID CDC HHSUnited States/ ; U54 CK000607/CK/NCEZID CDC HHSUnited States/
• Volume:
  72
• Issue:
  5
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:bb0d65bdc40ae9e27becbd10a604179a0bbd644ccde5a0373393581c13d47c1c8f1f1feab9b27d038b2cc5811f8dc87e84cb23dfe4647d8f86a3043633c70f8a
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/110258/cdc_110258_DS1.pdf
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