Canton-Potsdam also has patients use chlorhexidine wipes, applied after a regular shower, as an alternative to the soap.

WSJ: Steps for Surgical Patients to Fight Infection

Information booklets, a checklist on showering procedures and the chlorhexidine soap are distributed.

WSJ: Steps for Surgical Patients to Fight Infection

Then they persuaded Arrow International, one of the largest manufacturers of central lines, to produce a new central-line kit that had both the drape and chlorhexidine in it.

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