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- Title
Reply to Are we certain that chlorhexidine gluconate bathing is not beneficial in deducing central line associated blood stream infections among children with cancer or undergoing hematopoietic stem cell transplantation?
- Authors
Zerr, Danielle M.; Milstone, Aaron M.; Adler, Amanda L.; Dvorak, Christopher C.; Fisher, Brian T.; Sung, Lillian
- Abstract
We appreciate the thoughtful comments provided by Hord and Dandoy regarding our article titled "Chlorhexidine Gluconate Bathing in Children With Cancer or Those Undergoing Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation: A Double-Blinded Randomized Controlled Trial From the Children's Oncology Group."1 The issues they raised and our responses follow below. The results of our study do not support the effectiveness of CHG bathing in pediatric patients with cancer or those undergoing allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation.
- Subjects
HEMATOPOIETIC stem cell transplantation; STEM cell transplantation; HEMATOLOGIC malignancies; CHILDHOOD cancer; CHLORHEXIDINE
- Publication
Cancer (0008543X), 2021, Vol 127, Issue 15, p2813
- ISSN
0008-543X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/cncr.33570