Chlorhexidine Gluconate Baths More Effective at Preventing Infection Than Soap and Water A new study from Rhode Island Hospital has found a reduced risk of healthcare-associated infections when using ...

Nursing homes that regularly use universal decolonization methods like chlorhexidine bathing to clean the skin and iodophor to clean the nose reduces the chance of a patient being transferred to a ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. & ORANGE, Calif. & ATLANTA & BOSTON, Oct. 10, 2023 – A large multi-state study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute, HCA ...

What kills more Americans every year than AIDS, breast cancer and auto accidents combined? Hospital infections. According to the Committee to Reduce Infection Deaths, a non-profit advocacy group, more ...

While both triclosan and chlorhexidine are antiseptics, it wasn’t previously known which was more effective over a long period of time. A study recently published in the American Journal of Infection ...

NEW YORK — Looks like doctors aren't the only ones who should scrub before surgery. Bathing patients with an antiseptic and squirting medicated ointment up their noses dramatically cut the rate of ...

A large multi-state study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute, HCA Healthcare, and the University of California, Irvine has found that a nasal ...

1. Ask that hospital staff clean their hands before treating you, and ask visitors to clean their hands too. Don’t be falsely assured by gloves. If caregivers have pulled on gloves without cleaning ...

Any surgery poses a risk of infection, but patients can help reduce those risks. Here are some steps recommended by the Committee to Reduce Infection Deaths, a ...

A viewer says they keep getting skin infections with MRSA; they want to know what it is and how it can be prevented. Doctor Lacy Anderson has the answer. MRSA stands for methicillin-resistant staph.