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C H G
B A T H I N G
A Better Bath:
3 Days of CHG Application
How we prevented SSIs with a pre-op bathing and wipe regimen for our hip and knee patients.
Stephanie Mayoryk,
RN, BSN, CIC
Baltimore, Md.
SPLISH, SPLASH
Find out how a hospital got its patients to
bathe with CHG wipes.
We'd seen the studies showing that patients who bathed with chlorhexidine gluconate (CHG) for 3 days before surgery had fewer surgical site infections than
those who followed the traditional night-beforeand-morning-of bathing