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The Reduction of Surgical Site Infections by Bundling Active Surveillance for Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureusand Preoperative 2% Chlorhexidine Gluconate in Obstetrics and Elective Surgery
Lipke V, Hyott T
Poster presented at 2008 APIC Annual Conference: June 15-19, 2008
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Chlorhexidine gluconate preoperative skin preparation initiated a 100% reduction of incisional Cesarean section infections while other risk factors were evaluated and corrected
Rauk P,Kline S,Hendrickson C,Cathcart D,Latz P,Gillespie D,Johnson L, Niewinski E,Gengler A,
Poster presented at 2008 APIC Annual Conference: June 15-19, 2008
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Preoperative Skin Preparation Protocol Results in Reduced SSI Rates
Henry Rhee, MD, Chair Infection Control Committee and Bonnie Harris, CIC, Infection Control Practitioner
Presented at Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI), Orlando, FL, December 2007
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Reducing the Risk of SSIs: Evaluating Skin Antisepsis Using 4% Chlorhexidine Gluconate (CHG) Soap Versus 2% CHG-Impregnated Polyester Cloth
Charles E. Edmiston, Jr., PHD, Candace J. Krepel, MS, Gary R. Seabrook, MD, Brian D. Lewis, MD, Kellie R. Brown, MD and Jonathan B. Towne
Poster presented at American College of Surgeons 93rd Annual Clinical Congress (ACS) October 2007
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Improving Skin Antisepsis: 2% No-Rinse CHG Cloths Improve Antiseptic Persistence on Patient Skin Over 4% CHG Rinse-Off Solution
Ryder M
Poster presented at Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC) June 2007.
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Challenges and Experience with Implementing Patient Preoperative Skin Preparation
in a Veterans Administration (VA) Health System to Prevent Surgical Site Infections
Livingston B
Poster presented at Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC) June 2007.
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Presurgical Skin Preparation with a Novel 2% Chlorhexidine Gluconate (CHG) Cloth
Leads to Decrease in Surgical Site Infection Rates in Orthopedic Surgical Patients
Eiselt D
Poster presented at Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC) June 2007.
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Reducing Surgical Site Infection: 2% CHG Cloth Reduces SSI Rates by >70% Difference Resulting in a $154,869 Cost Avoidance
Rhee H, Harris B
Poster presented at the Virginians Improving Patient Care and Safety (VIPC&S) 7th Annual Conference,
Richmond VA, 2007 May 23.
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New Alcohol-Free 2% CHG Solution Reduced Bacterial Counts of Drug-Resistant Acinetobacter and MRSA by 99.9%
DeBaun B
Poster presented at the 2007 Association of periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN) Congress, Orlando, FL Mar 2007.
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Comparison of a New and Innovative 2% Chlorhexidine Gluconate (CHG) Impregnated Preparation Cloth with the Standard 4% CHG Surgical Skin Preparation
Edmiston C, Seabrook GR, Johnson CP, et al.
Poster presented at the 2007 Association of periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN) Congress, Orlando, FL Mar 2007.
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Prospective evaluation of 6 preoperative cutaneous antiseptic regimens for prevention of surgical site infection
Poster Presented at SHEA Conference, March 2006.
Maki DG, Paulson DS
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 Interventional patient hygiene: challenges and components of implementing VAP, UTI and SSI prevention programs
McGuckin M, Garcia R
Presented at APIC 2006 Conference breakfast symposium, Tampa, FL, June 2006.
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