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The Effectiveness of Routine Daily Chlorhexidine Gluconate Bathing in Reducing Klebsiella pneumoniae Carbapenemase–Producing Enterobacteriaceae Skin Burden among Long-Term Acute Care Hospital Patients

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 May 2016

Michael Y. Lin ,
Karen Lolans ,
Donald W. Blom ,
Rosie D. Lyles ,
Shayna Weiner ,
Kavya B. Poluru ,
Nicholas Moore ,
David W. Hines ,
Robert A. Weinstein  and
Mary K. Hayden
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Michael Y. Lin*
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois
Karen Lolans
Affiliation:
Department of Pathology, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois
Donald W. Blom
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois
Rosie D. Lyles
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, Cook County Health and Hospitals System, Chicago, Illinois
Shayna Weiner
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois
Kavya B. Poluru
Affiliation:
Department of Pathology, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois
Nicholas Moore
Affiliation:
Department of Pathology, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois
David W. Hines
Affiliation:
Metro Infectious Diseases Consultants, Burr Ridge, Illinois
Robert A. Weinstein
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois Department of Medicine, Cook County Health and Hospitals System, Chicago, Illinois
Mary K. Hayden
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois Department of Pathology, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois
*
600 South Paulina Street, Suite 143, Chicago, IL 60612 (michael_lin@rush.edu)
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Abstract

We evaluated the effectiveness of daily chlorhexidine gluconate (CHG) bathing in decreasing skin carriage of Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase–producing Enterobacteriaceae (KPC) among long-term acute care hospital patients. CHG bathing reduced KPC skin colonization, particularly when CHG skin concentrations greater than or equal to 128 μg/mL were achieved.

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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 35 , Issue 4: Special Topic Issue: Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae and Multidrug-Resistant Organisms , April 2014 , pp. 440 - 442
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2014

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