The neonatal population is at a particularly high risk for catheter-associated bloodstream infections (CABSI). Chlorhexidine for skin antisepsis is well documented to effectively decrease the incidence of bloodstream infections associated with central venous catheters in other populations. The project described in this article demonstrates that chlorhexidine for central venous catheter insertio...

ed from El Arifeen S, Mullany LC, Shah R. The effect of cord cleansing with chlorhexidine on neonatal mortality in rural Bangladesh: a communitybased, cluster-randomised trial.. Lancet2012;379:1022–8. Source(s) of funding USA Agency for International Development. Study design Design: Community-based cluster-randomised trial. Allocation: Clusters were computer randomised by a statistician not in...

Objective To determine the toxicity of the potential fungicide chlorhexidine gluconate (as a pure 0.2% solution and as a commercially available skin antiseptic diluted to contain 0.2% chlorhexidine gluconate) to the cornea and adjacent ocular structures. Methods An experimental study was performed at the Animal Facility of the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary. Pure chlorhexidine gluconate 0....

BACKGROUND Oral antiseptics reduce nosocomial infections and ventilator-associated pneumonia in critically ill medical and surgical patients intubated for prolonged periods. However, the role of oral antiseptics given before and after planned surgery is not clear. The aim of this systematic review and meta-analysis is to determine the effect of oral antiseptics (chlorhexidine or povidone-iodine...

OBJECTIVES To determine the effect on mortality of selective digestive decontamination, selective oropharyngeal decontamination, and topical oropharyngeal chlorhexidine in adult patients in general intensive care units and to compare these interventions with each other in a network meta-analysis. DESIGN Systematic review, conventional meta-analysis, and network meta-analysis. Medline, Embase,...

OBJECTIVES Many antibiotics used to treat infections cause release of immunostimulatory cell wall components from bacteria. Therefore, a combination of antimicrobial and endotoxin-neutralizing activity is desired to prevent inflammation induced by destroyed bacteria. Chlorhexidine and alexidine are amphipathic bisbiguanides and could neutralize bacterial membrane components as stimulators of To...

Chlorhexidine was introduced almost seven decades ago and has a myriad of applications in dentistry. Few studies have evaluated the antimicrobial antifungal capacity different concentrations chlorhexidine mouthwashes. Therefore, aim this study, to evaluate vitro, antibacterial three commercially available mouthwashes Costa Rica, with chlorhexidine, 0.12%, 0.06%, 0.03%. The experimental method s...

We studied bactericidal activity of 10% povidone-iodine, 0.5% chlorhexidine gluconate, and 0.5% chlorhexidine in 80% ethanol on four strains of methicillin-resistant and two strains of methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus. The pathogen was exposed to each of the disinfectants for 15, 30, 60, 120, and 240 s at room temperature. The inocula from these suspensions were cultured 72 h at 37...

BACKGROUND There are different mouthwashes containing chlorhexidine in different concentrations, as well as various excipients. Chlorhexidine induce stains or discoloration in teeth and mucous membranes. The aim of this work was to design a model to reproduce in vitro staining associated with the use of different mouthwashes containing chlorhexidine. MATERIAL AND METHODS We used as substrates...

A gloved-hand wash method was used to compare the antimicrobial effect of chlorhexidine gluconate alcohol emollient hand wash (HIBISTAT) with that of 70% isopropyl alcohol on the normal flora of the hands (81 subjects) under conditions designed to mimic use by surgeons. Results of the immediate postwash effects on the bacterial counts for all 3 tests days showed that chlorhexidine significantly...