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Exploring Decolonization: How LHDs Can Support CHG Bathing Practices

  • 1.  Exploring Decolonization: How LHDs Can Support CHG Bathing Practices

    Posted 10-01-2024 11:55 AM
    With support from CDC's Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, NACCHO has supported University of California Irvine's work to study and promote the use of chlorhexidine (CHG) for routine bathing and showering in nursing homes. CHG, which is a disinfectant and antiseptic, is shown to reduce the extent to which residents in nursing homes or patients in other long-term care facilities (LTCF) are colonized with certain bacteria.
    In this blog, NACCHO discusses the current role of local health departments in supporting CHG bathing practices, challenges to implementing them, and recommendations for those interested in introducing or supporting implementation of the decolonization strategy in health facilities. Learn more: https://www.naccho.org/blog/articles/exploring-decolonization-how-lhds-can-support-chg-bathing-practices


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    Irene Halferty CHES, MSPH
    Communication Specialist
    National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO)
    Washington DC
    (202)783-5550
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