Special antimicrobial soap used to fight antibiotic-resistant superbugs in hospitals and nursing homes. Via KHNews.
In Chicago, researchers are working with 14 nursing homes and long-term acute care hospitals, where staff are screening people for the CRE bacteria at admission and bathing them daily with chlorhexidine.
In fact, three-quarters of nursing homes in the U.S. received citations for infection-control problems over a four-year period, according to a, and the facilities with repeat citations almost never were fined. Nursing home residents often are sent back to hospitals because of infections. Certified nursing assistant Cristina Zainos wipes Neva Shinkle's face with chlorhexidine, a special antimicrobial soap.
One recent morning at Coventry Court Health Center, a nursing home in Anaheim, Calif., 94-year-old Neva Shinkle sat patiently in her wheelchair. Licensed vocational nurse Joana Bartolome swabbed her nose and asked if she remembered what it did.In a nearby room, senior project coordinator Raveena Singh from UC-Irvine talked with Caridad Coca, 71, who had recently arrived at the facility. She explained that Coca would bathe with the chlorhexidine rather than regular soap.
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