Gamma radiation-sterilized, triple-lumen catheters coated with a low concentration of chlorhexidine were not efficacious at preventing catheter infections in intensive care unit patients

• Published in: Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy Vol. 40; no. 9; pp. 1995 - 1997
• Main Authors: SHERERTZ, R. J, HEARD, S. O, MOSENTHAL, A, BURKE, T, DUPUIS, J, ISSAM RAAD, I, GENTRY, L, BOWTON, D, SCUDERI, P, HU, J, CARRUTH, W, SATISHCHANDRA, B, PEPE, J
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Washington, DC American Society for Microbiology 01.09.1996
• Subjects: Antibiotics. Antiinfectious agents. Antiparasitic agents; Antiseptics; Bacteremia - microbiology; Bacteremia - prevention & control; Biological and medical sciences; Catheterization; Catheterization - adverse effects; Catheterization - instrumentation; Chlorhexidine; Chlorhexidine - pharmacology; Clinical Trial; Critical Care; Cross Infection; Cross Infection - blood; Cross Infection - microbiology; Cross Infection - prevention & control; Disinfectants; Disinfectants - pharmacology; Double-Blind Method; Gamma Rays; Humans; Medical sciences; Multicenter Study; Pharmacology. Drug treatments; Randomized Controlled Trial; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't; Sterilization; Sterilization - methods; Human; Infection; Prevention; Gamma radiation; Antiseptic; Sterilization; Catheter; Intensive care unit

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