Are we certain that chlorhexidine gluconate bathing is not beneficial in reducing central line associated blood stream infections among children with cancer or undergoing hematopoietic stem cell transplantation?

Cancer. 2021 Aug 1;127(15):2811-2812. doi: 10.1002/cncr.33572. Epub 2021 May 4.

Authors

Jeffrey D Hord¹, Christopher E Dandoy²

Affiliations

¹ Showers Family Center for Childhood Cancer and Blood Disorders, Akron Children's Hospital, Akron, Ohio.
² Division of Stem Cell Transplant and Immune Deficiency, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, University of Cincinnati School of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio.

PMID: 33945633
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.33572

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter
Comment

MeSH terms

Baths
Chlorhexidine / analogs & derivatives
Chlorhexidine / therapeutic use
Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation* / adverse effects
Humans
Neoplasms* / therapy

Substances

chlorhexidine gluconate
Chlorhexidine