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May / June 2016 Issue of Becker's Infection Control and Clinical Quality

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New Strip Format Coming Soon! You think it's clean. BUT IS IT PREVANTICS ® DEVICE SWAB CLEAN? The first and ONLY 3.15% Chlorhexidine Gluconate/70% Isopropyl Alcohol solution with FDA clearance to disinfect needleless access sites prior to use. • 5 second scrub time and 5 second dry time • A 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 a free sample, visit pdihc.com/PrevanticsDeviceStrip References: 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. 3.15% Chlorhexidine Gluconate (CHG) and 70% Isopropyl Alcohol (IPA) Point-of-care access from the IV pole ENVIRONMENT OF CARE PATIENT CARE I N T E R V E N T I O N A L C A R E ©2016 PDI Two Nice-Pak Park, Orangeburg, New York 10962 T: 800-444-6725 W: pdihc.com PDI04168473

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