Evidence-based Guidelines
Chlorhexidine gluconate is highly recommended by at least 17 organizations and initiatives, with 11 specifically advocating a 2% formulation.
Recommend 2% CHG formulation:
UK epic2 National Guidelines
www.epic.tvu.ac.uk
DH Saving Lives programme of High Impact Interventions
www.clean-safe-care.nhs.uk
Index of guidelines found here.
Scottish Intensive Care Society Audit Group SICSAG
www.scottishintensivecare.org.uk
Index of guidelines found here.
HPA Rapid Review Panel
www.hpa.org.uk
Index of guidelines found here.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
www.cdc.gov
Specific guidelines found here.
Institute for Healthcare Improvement
www.ihi.org/ihi
Specific guidelines found here.
American Association of Critical-care Nurses
www.aacn.org
Specific guidelines found here.
Society of Interventional Radiology
www.sirweb.org
National Kidney Foundation
www.kidney.org
Specific guidelines found here.
American Academy of Pediatrics
www.aap.org
Specific guidelines found here.
Safer Healthcare Now! Campaign
www.saferhealthcarenow.ca
The Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions
www.scai.org
Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario-Nursing Best Practice Guidelines Program
www.rnao.org
Specific guidelines found here.
French Society of Hospital Hygiene
www.sfhh.net
Chlorhexidine gluconate is highly recommended by these organizations:
National Institutes of Health
www.nih.gov
Infectious Diseases Society of America
www.idsociety.org
Association of Women’s Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses
www.awhonn.org
Index of guidelines found here.
American Association of Blood Banks
www.aabb.org/Pages/Homepage.aspx
Infusion Nurses Society
www.ins1.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=1
National Association of Orthopaedic Nurses
www.orthonurse.org
Index of guidelines found here.
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