Chlorhexidine bath instructions

Importance: Daily bathing of critically ill patients with the broad-spectrum, topical antimicrobial agent chlorhexidine is widely performed and may reduce health care-associated infections. Decolonization procedures typically include skin baths with a chlorhexidine soap product for 3 days as well as nasal application of the topical antibiotic cream mupirocin for 5 days. Background: Many studies investigating daily chlorhexidine gluconate (CHG) bathing as an infection control intervention to decrease health care-associated infections have focused on reduction of Chlorhexidine bathing is effective in reducing levels of pathogens on skin. In this review, we examine the evidence that chlorhexidine bathing can prevent colonization and infection with health