Effects of chlorhexidine gluconate oral care on hospital mortality: a hospital-wide, observational cohort study.

Mieke DeschepperWillem WaegemanKristof EecklooDirk VogelaersStijn I Blot

Published in: Intensive care medicine (2018)

These data argue against the indiscriminate widespread use of chlorhexidine oral care in hospitalized patients, in the absence of proven benefit in specific populations.

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