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Page 30 C H G B A T H I N G A Better Bath: 3 Days of CHG Application How we prevented SSIs with a pre-op bathing and wipe regimen for our hip and knee patients. Stephanie Mayoryk, RN, BSN, CIC Baltimore, Md. SPLISH, SPLASH Find out how a hospital got its patients to bathe with CHG wipes. We'd seen the studies showing that patients who bathed with chlorhexidine gluconate (CHG) for 3 days before surgery had fewer surgical site infections than those who followed the traditional night-beforeand-morning-of bathing

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