Open AccessDaily Chlorhexidine Gluconate Bathing for Medical Inpatients: Reducing the Incidence of Hospital-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus and Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci
Author(s) -
Christopher F. Lowe,
Elisa LloydSmith,
Baljinder Sidhu,
Azra Sharma,
Danielle Richards,
Thomas Kind,
Victor Leung,
Marc G. Romney
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
open forum infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.546
H-Index - 35
ISSN - 2328-8957
DOI - 10.1093/ofid/ofv131.170
Subject(s) - medicine , bathing , vancomycin resistant enterococci , incidence (geometry) , staphylococcus aureus , methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus , vancomycin , chlorhexidine gluconate , chlorhexidine , daptomycin , microbiology and biotechnology , intensive care medicine , emergency medicine , dentistry , bacteria , physics , pathology , biology , optics , genetics