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Impact of preoperative chlorhexidine gluconate (CHG) application methods on preoperative CHG skin concentration

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 September 2020

Bobby G. Warren Open the ORCID record for Bobby G. Warren [Opens in a new window] ,
Alicia Nelson ,
David K. Warren ,
Meghan A. Baker ,
Candace Miller ,
Tracey Habrock ,
Jahnavi Bongu ,
Abinav Gowda ,
Jacob Johnson  and
Deverick J. Anderson
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Bobby G. Warren
Affiliation:
Duke Center for Antimicrobial Stewardship and Infection Prevention, Durham, North Carolina Division of Infectious Diseases, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina
Alicia Nelson
Affiliation:
Duke Center for Antimicrobial Stewardship and Infection Prevention, Durham, North Carolina Division of Infectious Diseases, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina
David K. Warren*
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, Missouri
Meghan A. Baker
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Disease, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts Department of Population Medicine, Harvard Medical School/Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute, Boston, Massachusetts
Candace Miller
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, Missouri
Tracey Habrock
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, Missouri
Jahnavi Bongu
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, Missouri
Abinav Gowda
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Disease, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
Jacob Johnson
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Disease, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
Deverick J. Anderson
Affiliation:
Duke Center for Antimicrobial Stewardship and Infection Prevention, Durham, North Carolina Division of Infectious Diseases, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina
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Author for correspondence: Bobby G. Warren, E-mail: Bobby.warren@duke.edu
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Abstract

Elective surgical patients routinely bathe with chlorhexidine gluconate (CHG) at home days prior to their procedures. However, the impact of home CHG bathing on surgical site CHG concentration is unclear. We examined 3 different methods of applying CHG and hypothesized that different application methods would impact resulting CHG skin concentration.

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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 42 , Issue 4 , April 2021 , pp. 464 - 466
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PREVIOUS PRESENTATION. These data were submitted and accepted as an abstract for a poster presentation at the SHEA Spring 2019 on April 24, 2019, in Boston, Massachusetts.

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