Chlorhexidine Bathing of Hospitalized Patients: Beliefs and Practices of Nurses and Patient Care Technicians, and Potential Barriers to Compliance

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2015 Aug;36(8):993-4. doi: 10.1017/ice.2015.92. Epub 2015 Apr 22.

Authors

Andrea Green Hines¹, Suzanne Nuss², Mark E Rupp¹, Elizabeth Lyden³, Kate Tyner⁴, Angela Hewlett¹

Affiliations

¹ 1Division of Infectious Diseases,University of Nebraska Medical Center,Omaha,Nebraska.
² 3Nebraska Medicine,Omaha,Nebraska.
³ 5College of Public Health,University of Nebraska Medical Center,Omaha,Nebraska.
⁴ 4Department of Infection Control and Epidemiology,Nebraska Medicine,Omaha,Nebraska.

PMID: 25899653
DOI: 10.1017/ice.2015.92

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Academic Medical Centers
Anti-Infective Agents, Local*
Attitude of Health Personnel*
Baths / methods*
Chlorhexidine / analogs & derivatives*
Cross Infection / prevention & control
Guideline Adherence
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
Humans
Nursing Staff, Hospital / psychology*
Organizational Policy
Surveys and Questionnaires
Time Factors
Treatment Refusal

Substances

Anti-Infective Agents, Local
chlorhexidine gluconate
Chlorhexidine