Authors
Olivier Mimoz, Amal Karim, Alain Mercat, Marie Cosseron, Bruno Falissard, Fabrice Parker, Christian Richard, Kamran Samii, Patrice Nordmann
Publication date
1999/12/7
Journal
Annals of internal medicine
Volume
131
Issue
11
Pages
834-837
Publisher
American College of Physicians
Description
Background
Chlorhexidine is better than povidone-iodine for care of catheter sites, but it is not known whether chlorhexidine is superior in reducing blood culture contamination.
Objective
To determine whether alcoholic chlorhexidine is a more effective skin antiseptic for collection of blood cultures than aqueous povidone-iodine.
Design
Randomized, controlled trial.
Setting
Three adult intensive care units in a French university hospital.
Patients
403 adults who had at least one blood culture drawn through a peripheral vein.
Interventions
Patients were randomly assigned to receive skin preparation with an aqueous solution of 10% povidone-iodine or an alcoholic solution of 0.5% chlorhexidine before phlebotomy …
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