Assessing the sustainability of daily chlorhexidine bathing in the intensive care unit of a Veteran’s Hospital by examining nurses’ perspectives and experiences
刊物主题:Infectious Diseases; Parasitology; Medical Microbiology; Tropical Medicine; Internal Medicine;
出版者:BioMed Central
ISSN:1471-2334
卷排序:17
文摘
BackgroundDaily bathing with chlorhexidine gluconate (CHG) of intensive care unit (ICU) patients has been shown to reduce healthcare-associated infections and colonization by multidrug resistant organisms. The objective of this project was to describe the process of daily CHG bathing and identify the barriers and facilitators that can influence its successful adoption and sustainability in an ICU of a Veterans Administration Hospital.