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tion guidelines (tinyurl.com/ocxokoo), still considered the standard in
the field.
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A recent study made a convincing case for
standardizing skin prep practices with CHG.
False. A multi-center study published in the Jan. 7, 2010, issue of
the New England Journal of Medicine (tinyurl.com/3alrol3) gained
much clinical attention by demonstrating a CHG product's impressive anti-SSI results in comparison to povidone-iodine. But it hasn't
ruled out the need to stock the latter agent.
"The Darouiche study, that's the one we make sure our physicians are aware of," says Lucille Hanus, MSN, MEd, RN, CNOR, a
clinical education specialist at the Phoenix (Ariz.) Children's
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