Re: Chlohexidine bathing to reduce catheter-related blood stream infections
While we have no protocol for using Chlorhexidine baths yet in our unit, I have suggested it to a member of the Infection Prevention team. I suppose my main concern over making chlorhexidine baths standard practice would be the risk of CHG resistant bacteria. Anyone else share this concern? I suppose that eventually any antiseptic is going to go the way of Triclosan, but the longer CHG could work the better...considering we use it for nearly everything.
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