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Impact of universal chlorhexidine bathing with or without COVID-19 intensive training on staff and resident COVID-19 case rates in nursing homes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 March 2024

Gabrielle M. Gussin Open the ORCID record for Gabrielle M. Gussin [Opens in a new window] ,
Raveena D. Singh ,
Shruti K. Gohil ,
Raheeb Saavedra ,
Thomas T. Tjoa ,
Kristine P. Nguyen ,
Robert Pedroza ,
Joshua B. Hsi Open the ORCID record for Joshua B. Hsi [Opens in a new window] ,
Kevin O’Brien  and
Chase Berman
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Gabrielle M. Gussin*
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, University of California Irvine School of Medicine, Irvine, CA, USA
Raveena D. Singh
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, University of California Irvine School of Medicine, Irvine, CA, USA
Shruti K. Gohil
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, University of California Irvine School of Medicine, Irvine, CA, USA
Raheeb Saavedra
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, University of California Irvine School of Medicine, Irvine, CA, USA
Thomas T. Tjoa
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, University of California Irvine School of Medicine, Irvine, CA, USA
Kristine P. Nguyen
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, University of California Irvine School of Medicine, Irvine, CA, USA
Robert Pedroza
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, University of California Irvine School of Medicine, Irvine, CA, USA
Joshua B. Hsi
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, University of California Irvine School of Medicine, Irvine, CA, USA
Kevin O’Brien
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, University of California Irvine School of Medicine, Irvine, CA, USA
Chase Berman
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, University of California Irvine School of Medicine, Irvine, CA, USA
Jessica Park
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, University of California Irvine School of Medicine, Irvine, CA, USA
Emily A. Hsi
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, University of California Irvine School of Medicine, Irvine, CA, USA
Kimia Ghasemian
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, University of California Irvine School of Medicine, Irvine, CA, USA
Avy Osalvo
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, University of California Irvine School of Medicine, Irvine, CA, USA
Stephanie Chun
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, University of California Irvine School of Medicine, Irvine, CA, USA
Emily Fonda
Affiliation:
CalOptima, Orange, CA, USA
Susan S. Huang
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, University of California Irvine School of Medicine, Irvine, CA, USA
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Corresponding author: Gabrielle Gussin; Email: [email protected]
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Abstract

We evaluated whether universal chlorhexidine bathing (decolonization) with or without COVID-19 intensive training impacted COVID-19 rates in 63 nursing homes (NHs) during the 2020–2021 Fall/Winter surge. Decolonization was associated with a 43% lesser rise in staff case-rates (P < .001) and a 52% lesser rise in resident case-rates (P < .001) versus control.

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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 45 , Issue 7 , July 2024 , pp. 906 - 909
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© The Author(s), 2024. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America

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Footnotes

Previous Publication: Please note, this work was presented as an oral abstract at IDWeek 2021: “44. Impact of Nursing Home (NH) Universal Decolonization and COVID Prevention Training on COVID-19 Burden During the 2020–2021 Winter Surge in Orange County (OC), California (CA).” Open Forum Infectious Diseases. Vol. 8. No. Supplement_1. US: Oxford University Press, 2021. This manuscript has not been published elsewhere and is not currently under consideration for publication by another journal.

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