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Central-line associated bloodstream infections in intensive care units before and after implementation of daily antiseptic bathing with chlorhexidine or octenidine - A post-hoc analysis of a cluster-randomised controlled trial
2022-11-01
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<title>Abstract</title> <p>Backgrounds: Antiseptic bathing did not reduce central-line (CL) associated bloodstream infection (CLABSI) rates in intensive care units (ICU) according to a recent cluster randomised controlled trial (cRCT). However, this analysis did not consider baseline infection rates. Our post-hoc analysis of this cRCT aimed to use a before-after comparison to examine the effect of daily bathing w...
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- de744dca-e88f-5607-817c-3edf37e68b74
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- 10.21203/rs.3.rs-1644513/v1
