Real-world experience of how chlorhexidine bathing affects the acquisition and incidence of vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) in a medical intensive care unit with VRE endemicity: a prospective interrupted time-series study.
Jin Woong SuhNam Hee KimMin Jung LeeSeoung Eun LeeByung Chul ChunChang Kyu LeeJuneyoung LeeJong Hun KimSun Bean KimYoung Kyung YoonJang Wook SohnMin Ja KimPublished in: Antimicrobial resistance and infection control (2021)
In this real-world study, we concluded that daily bathing with CHG may be an effective measure to reduce VRE cross-transmission among patients in MICU with a high VRE endemicity.