Universal decolonization with octenidine: First experiences in a tertiary burn intensive care unit

• Main Authors: Claas Baier (Author), Ramin Ipaktchi (Author), Frank Schwab (Author), Andrea Smith (Author), Xiaofei Liu (Author), Ella Ebadi (Author), Anne Limbourg (Author), Tobias R. Mett (Author), Franz-Christoph Bange (Author), Peter Maria Vogt (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2019-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Burn patients are predisposed for nosocomial infections during their stay on a burn intensive care unit. Moreover, several outbreaks affecting burn units for example caused by Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) have been reported. One attempt to address these challenges i...