Chlorhexidine Gluconate (CHG)

3M Acquires Manufacturer of Hand Hygiene Products

3M announced today it has acquired J.R. Phoenix Ltd., a manufacturer of hand hygiene and skin care products for health care and professional use including soaps, hand cleansers, moisturizing and protecting creams, antimicrobial soaps and sanitizing gels, shampoo and body ...More
June 1, 2010
Posted in News, Hand Hygiene
Conventional Infection Control Measures Found Effective in Reducing MRSA Rates

Scientists at the Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center found a compliance with non-pathogen specific infection control practices such as hand hygiene, efforts to reduce device-related infections and chlorhexidine bathing, is successful for reducing rates of ...More
March 20, 2010
Posted in News, Hand Hygiene
Molnlycke Health Care Introduces New Hibiclens General Skin Cleansing Patient Kit

Molnlycke Health Care U.S., manufacturer of Hibiclens® antiseptic antimicrobial skin cleanser, introduces a General Skin Cleansing Patient Kit to be used at home prior to surgery as part of an effective strategy to fight surgical-site infections (SSIs) and ...More
March 17, 2010
Posted in News
Antiseptic Cloths Associated With Reduced Rate of Treatment-Resistant Bacteria in the Trauma Center

Bathing trauma patients daily using cloths containing the antiseptic chlorhexidine may be associated with a decreased rate of colonization and infection by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and other difficult-to-treat bacteria, according to a report in the ...More
March 15, 2010
Posted in News, Disinfection & Sterilization
Safety Checklist Continues to Keep Hospital Infections in Check

The state of Michigan, which used a five-step checklist developed at Johns Hopkins to virtually eliminate bloodstream infections in its hospitals' intensive care units, has been able to keep the number of these common, costly and potentially lethal infections near zero ...More
February 4, 2010
Posted in News, Disinfection & Sterilization, Hand Hygiene, PPE & Standard Precautions
Study Shows Effectiveness of ChloraPrep in SSI Prevention

Data published today in the New England Journal of Medicine demonstrates that use of CareFusion’s patient preoperative skin preparation ChloraPrep® (2 percent chlorhexidine gluconate and 70 percent isopropyl alcohol) reduced total surgical site infections (SSIs) ...More
January 7, 2010
Posted in News, Disinfection & Sterilization
Study Shows Iodine-Based Solution May Be Superior to Chlorhexidine in Preventing SSIs

3M Health Care announces the publication of a new independent study, “Effects of Preoperative Skin Preparation on Postoperative Wound Infection Rates: A Prospective Study of 3 Skin Preparation Protocols,” that compared the effects of three different skin ...More
October 12, 2009
Posted in News
Winning the War on CLABSIs: The Role of Education and New Technology

Although progress has been made in many areas, central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSIs) remain a national healthcare problem of crisis proportions. The stakes for healthcare institutions that haven’t effectively addressed CLABSIs continue to mount. The ...More
September 24, 2009
Posted in Articles, Disinfection & Sterilization, Hand Hygiene
Chlorhexidine Bathing Can Protect Patients from Superbugs, Study Shows

Giving critically ill hospital patients a daily bath with a mild, soapy solution of the same antibacterial agent used by surgeons to scrub in before an operation can dramatically cut down, by as much as 73 percent, the number of patients who develop potentially deadly ...More
September 4, 2009
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New Data Show ChloraPrep Effective in Eliminating Bacteria From Skin Prior to Shoulder Surgery

Data published in the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery demonstrates that use of the preoperative skin preparation ChloraPrep from CareFusion Corp. is effectiveat eliminating overall bacteria from the shoulder region. After antisepsis with ChloraPrep (2 percent ...More
August 25, 2009
Posted in News, Hand Hygiene