Life sciences · Cluster Randomized Trial
JAMA · July 20, 2026
Points the other way from the current standard, or from comparable studies.
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Cluster randomized trial. Non-ICU medical/surgical wards. Intervention: Daily chlorhexidine bathing. Compared with: Usual bathing. n = 33,000. Multi-site, single country.
No findings were extractable from the material analysed.
Safety was not reported in the material analysed. Check the source before drawing any conclusion about harm.
The source did not state who this applies to in practice.
Tempers enthusiasm for hospital-wide CHG bathing; setting matters. Sits in tension with the ICU meta-analysis.
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