Reduction of Postoperative Infections Through Routine Preoperative Universal Decolonization of Advanced Heart Failure Patients With Chlorhexidine and Mupirocin Before Left Ventricular Assist Device Implantation: A Single-Center Observational Study.
CONCLUSION: A 5-day universal decolonization protocol before LVAD implantation was effective in reducing total infections as well as MRSA-specific infections.
PMID: 33009271 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Dimensions in Critical Care Nursing - Category: Nursing Tags: Dimens Crit Care Nurs Source Type: research
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