Is Daily Chlorhexidine Bathing Clean Ineffective? As hospitals strive to prevent hospital-acquired infections, the use of daily chlorhexidine bathing has grown in popularity. The wide adoption of ...

Researchers in Bangkok recently examined the effectiveness of daily bathing with 2 percent chlorhexidine-impregnated washcloths in preventing multidrug-resistant gram-positive bacterial colonization ...

October 22, 2009 — Use of vaginal and infant wipes soaked with the microbicide chlorhexidine may not prevent neonatal sepsis or mother–infant transmission of pathogenic bacteria, according to the ...

Vanderbilt University Medical Center researchers have found that bathing critically ill patients with disposable chlorhexidine cloths did not decrease the incidence of health care-associated ...

The use of high-cost antiseptic washcloths on ICU patients results in no statistically significant difference in rates of infection for four hospital-acquired infections, researchers find. Bathing ...

GRAPEVINE, Texas -- Asking patients to clean themselves with chlorhexidine cloths prior to scheduled cesarean delivery did not significantly lower the rate of surgical site infections versus cleaning ...

Chlorhexidine gluconate is typically found in over-the-counter anti-septic products Chlorhexidine gluconate is typically found in over-the-counter anti-septic products The U.S. Food and Drug ...