Impact of measurement and feedback on chlorhexidine gluconate bathing among intensive care unit patients: A multicenter study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To assess whether measurement and feedback of chlorhexidine gluconate (CHG) skin concentrations can improve CHG bathing practice across multiple intensive care units (ICUs).

Design

A before-and-after quality improvement study measuring patient CHG skin concentrations during 6 point-prevalence surveys (3 surveys each during baseline and intervention periods).

Setting

The study was conducted across 7 geographically diverse ICUs with routine CHG bathing.

Participants

Adult patients in the medical ICU.

Methods

CHG skin concentrations were measured at the neck, axilla, and inguinal region using a semiquantitative colorimetric assay. Aggregate unit-level CHG skin concentration measurements from the baseline period and each intervention period survey

SUBMITTER: Rhee Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10859163 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature