Tea tree oil (5%) body wash versus standard care (Johnson's Baby Softwash) to prevent colonization with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in critically ill adults: a randomized controlled trial | Zendy

Bronagh Blackwood | Zendy; Gill Thompson | Zendy; Ronan McMullan | Zendy; Michael Stevenson | Zendy; T. V. Riley | Zendy; Fiona Alderdice | Zendy; T. J. Trinder | Zendy; Gavin Lavery | Zendy; Daniel F. McAuley | Zendy

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Tea tree oil (5%) body wash versus standard care (Johnson's Baby Softwash) to prevent colonization with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in critically ill adults: a randomized controlled trial

Author(s) -

Bronagh Blackwood,

Gill Thompson,

Ronan McMullan,

Michael Stevenson,

T. V. Riley,

Fiona Alderdice,

T. J. Trinder,

Gavin Lavery,

Daniel F. McAuley

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.124

H-Index - 194

eISSN - 1460-2091

pISSN - 0305-7453

DOI - 10.1093/jac/dks501

Subject(s) - medicine , tea tree oil , randomized controlled trial , methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus , population , incidence (geometry) , randomization , intensive care , staphylococcus aureus , colonization , surgery , intensive care medicine , biology , microbiology and biotechnology , essential oil , genetics , physics , food science , environmental health , bacteria , optics

To determine whether the daily use of 5% tea tree oil (TTO) body wash (Novabac 5% Skin Wash) compared with standard care [Johnson's Baby Softwash (JBS)] had a lower incidence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) colonization.

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