Labor and Delivery Department Lowers C-Section Surgical Site Infection Rates with 2 Percent CHG Cloths
Robert Garcia, BS, MT, CIC
Infection Control Today
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Chlorhexidine Wipes: The New Weapon Against Surgical Site Infections?
O'Malley, Patricia PhD, RN, CNS.
Clinical Nurse Specialist. 22(2):53-56
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Preoperative shower revisited: can high topical antiseptic levels be achieved on the skin surface before surgical admission?
J Am Coll Surg. 2008 Aug;207(2):233-9
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Comparative of a new and innovative 2% chlorhexidine gluconate-impregnated cloth with 4% chlorhexidine gluconate as topical antiseptic for preparation of the skin prior to surgery
Edmiston C, Seabrook G, Johnson C, Paulson D, Beausoleil C
American Journal of Infection Control. Mar 2007;35(2):89-96.
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Systematic review of economic analyses of health care-associated infections
Stone PW, Braccia D, Larson E
American Journal of Infection Control. Nov 2005;33(9):501-9.
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Surgical-site infection due to Staphylococcus aureus among elderly patients: mortality, duration of hospitalization,
and cost
McGarry SA, Engemann JJ, Schmader K, Sexton DJ, Kaye KS
Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. Jun 2004;25(6):461-7.
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Adverse clinical and economic outcomes attributable to methicillin resistance among patients with Staphylococcus aureus surgical site infection
Engemann JJ, Carmeli Y, Cosgrove SE, Fowler VG, Bronstein MZ, Trivette SL, Briggs JP, Sexton DJ, Kaye KS
Clinical Infectious Diseases. Mar 2003;36(5):592-8.
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The impact of surgical-site infections in the 1990s: attributable mortality, excess length of hospitalization, and
extra costs
Kirkland KB, Briggs JP, Trivette SL, Wilkinson WE, Sexton DJ
Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. Nov 1999;20(11):725-30.
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