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- E Díaz and C Turégano.
- Servicio de Medicina Intensiva, Hospital Universitari Parc Taulí, Sabadell, Barcelona, España. Electronic address: emilio.diaz.santos@gmail.com.
- Med Intensiva. 2019 Mar 1; 43 Suppl 1: 13-17.
AbstractHygiene and skin care of patients admitted to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) are part of basic care. For some years there has been evidence of skin colonization by multiresistant gramnegative and grampositive pathogens. The increase in nosocomial infections due to multiresistant microorganisms has led to evaluation of the role of the use of antiseptics, mainly chlorhexidine, as a strategy for reducing the number of such infections. This article reviews the current situation of this strategy, as well as the positioning of the authors in relation to the spreading of its use in ICUs. This article is part of a supplement entitled "Antisepsis in the critical patient", which is sponsored by Becton Dickinson.Copyright © 2018 Elsevier España, S.L.U. y SEMICYUC. All rights reserved.
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