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Becker's Infection Control and Clinical Quality September 2015

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You think it's clean. But is it Prevantics ® Device Swab clean? • 5 second scrub time and 5 second dry time • Randomized study 1 has shown that disinfection of the devices with a Chlorhexidine/Alcohol solution appears to be most effective in reducing colonization as cited in the CDC Guidelines. 2 For more information on the breakthrough clinical study, visit pdihc.com/PrevanticsDeviceSwabClinical 1 Hayden, M. K., et. al. . A Randomized Cross-Over Clinical Trial to Compare 3.15% Chlorhexidine/70% Isopropyl Alcohol (CHG) vs 70% Isopropyl Alcohol Alone (Alcohol) and 5s vs 15s Scrub for Routine Disinfection of Needleless Connectors (NCs) on Central Venous Catheters (CVCs) in an Adult Medical Intensive Care Unit (ICU), Oral Abstract Presented at 2014 ID Week Conference, October 11, 2014, Philadelphia, PA. 2 2011 Guidelines for the Prevention of Intravascular Catheter-Related Infections, Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2011. The first and ONLY 3.15% Chlorhexidine Gluconate/70% Isopropyl Alcohol solution authorized by the FDA to disinfect needleless access sites prior to use. ©2015 Professional Disposables International, Inc. All rights reserved. PDI10147833

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