Becker's Clinical Quality & Infection Control

Becker's Infection Control & Clinical Quality November 2016

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Protection against CLABSIs* WHERE YOU NEED IT, WHEN YOU NEED IT. The first and ONLY 3.15% Chlorhexidine Gluconate/70% Isopropyl Alcohol solution with FDA clearance to disinfect needleless access sites prior to use. • Confirmed efficacy at the 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 *CLABSI=Central line-associated bloodstream infection 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) New Strip Format Now Available! Ready access from the IV pole ©2016 PDI PDI05168527 PATIENT CARE ENVIRONMENT OF CARE I N T E R V E N T I O N A L C A R E

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