The Effects of Chlorhexidine Dressing on Health Care-Associated Infection in Hospitalized Patients: A Meta-Analysis.

Hou-Xing Wang, Shu-Yuan Xie, Hao Wang, Hao-Kai Chu

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Review in Iranian journal of public health, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Hou-Xing WangDepartment of Emergency Intensive Care Unit, Yinzhou Second Hospital, Ningbo, China.

Shu-Yuan XieDepartment of Emergency Intensive Care Unit, Yinzhou Second Hospital, Ningbo, China.

Hao WangDepartment of Emergency Intensive Care Unit, Yinzhou Second Hospital, Ningbo, China.

Hao-Kai ChuDepartment of Emergency Intensive Care Unit, Yinzhou Second Hospital, Ningbo, China.

Ningbo No. 2 Hospital · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundTo assess the effects of chlorhexidine dressing on health care-associated infection in hospitalized patients.

methodsWe searched for English-language published randomized controlled trials (RCTs) in Cochrane Library, EMBASE and PubMed between January 1998 and January 2018. We used meta-analysis to calculate the risk ratios (RRs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) of the data, and using the

resultsA total of 13 RCTs were included in our meta-analysis, including 7555 patients and 11,931 catheters. The effects of chlorhexidine dressing on the incidence of catheter-related bloodstream infections (CRBSIs) were reported in 13 RCTs, and the incidence of CRBSIs were 1.3% (80/6160) in the chlorhexidine group and 2.5% (145/5771) in the control group. We used a forest plot to determine the risk ratio (RR) of chlorhexidine dressing on the incidence of CRBSIs, and our results showed that chlorhexidine dressing significantly reduced the incidence of CRBSIs (RR 0.55, 95% CI 0.39-0.77,

conclusionThe use of chlorhexidine dressings for hospitalized patients significantly reduce the incidence of CRBSIs, catheter colonization and CRIs.

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Catheter-related bloodstream infectionsChlorhexidine dressingRandomized controlled trials

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