title: Whole body disinfection with chlorhexidine: is shower bathing more effective than bathing?
abstract: Whole body washing with chlorhexidine gluconate solution BP (equivalent to 4 per cent w/v chlorhexidine gluconate) achieved a variable reduction in total skin microbial colony counts whether applied in a standard bath or a shower bath. No significant differences between the two techniques were demonstrable.
mesh_terms: D001494:Baths; D002710:Chlorhexidine; D004203:Disinfection / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D012867:Skin / Q000382:microbiology*; D013242:Sterilization / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D002710:Chlorhexidine