| Title |
Daily skin cleansing with chlorhexidine did not reduce the rate of central-line associated bloodstream infection in a surgical intensive care unit
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Intensive Care Medicine, March 2010
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| DOI | 10.1007/s00134-010-1783-y |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Kyle J. Popovich, Bala Hota, Robert Hayes, Robert A. Weinstein, Mary K. Hayden |
| Abstract |
Cleansing the skin of intensive care unit (ICU) patients daily with chlorhexidine gluconate (CHG) has been associated with beneficial effects, including a reduction in central-line-associated bacteremias (CLABSIs). Most studies have been done in medical ICUs. In this study, we evaluated the effectiveness of daily chlorhexidine skin cleansing on CLABSI rates in a surgical ICU. |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 5 | 5% |
| Brazil | 2 | 2% |
| Spain | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 90 | 92% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Other | 16 | 16% |
| Researcher | 13 | 13% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 13 | 13% |
| Student > Bachelor | 8 | 8% |
| Student > Master | 8 | 8% |
| Other | 23 | 23% |
| Unknown | 17 | 17% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 47 | 48% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 8 | 8% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 5 | 5% |
| Immunology and Microbiology | 4 | 4% |
| Psychology | 4 | 4% |
| Other | 7 | 7% |
| Unknown | 23 | 23% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 7. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 26 August 2010.
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#4,554,933
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Outputs from Intensive Care Medicine
#2,229
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#19,587
of 93,407 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Intensive Care Medicine
#11
of 46 outputs
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