Posts Tagged ‘CHLORHEXIDINE’
Study demonstrates the value of Clinell 2% chlorhexidine wash cloths
A new study shows that daily bathing using Clinell 2% chlorhexidine wash cloths dramatically reduces the transmission of carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii where other measured failed. In the Korean intensive care unit where the study was performed, the proportion of patient who acquired this extremely antibiotic resistant pathogen was reduced by more than half, from 21% to 10%.…
Read MoreChlorhexidine vs. CRE
If you were to put chlorhexidine and CRE in the ring, who would win? On the face of it, you’d back CRE. Afterall, it’s carried in the gut; applying chlorhexidine to the skin won’t have a hope of decolonising the gut. True, but what is the mechanism of transmission of a gut-dwelling organism?Probably, contamination is…
Read MoreChlorhexidine Bathing: It’s all about compliance with the intervention
An oral abstract presented (click here for the full report) at APIC 2015 in Nashville in the last week has added to the burgeoning pile of evidence supporting the use of 2% Chlorhexidine wipes in reducing healthcare-associated infections. The paper reported that there was a 59% reduction in Paediatric Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infection (CLABSI) during the study…
Read MoreReflections from ECCMID 2015
This year’s ECCMID meeting in Copenhagen was universally accepted to be the first one with a significant infection prevention and control component, although it would be fair so say that the sessions were not the best attended, meaning that levels of interest in infection control in the majority of the infectious disease physicians attending still…
Read MoreCategory One Status
Rapid Review Panel awards Clinell Alcoholic 2% Chlorhexidine Wipes Category One Status GAMA are the only company in the UK who have been awarded with the Department of Health’s ‘RRP’ Category One Status for our clinical proven Clinell Alcoholic 2% Chlorhexidine wipes. The Government Health Protection Agency founded the RRP in 2004 to help prevent…
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