title: Hospital basins used to administer chlorhexidine baths are unlikely microbial reservoirs.
authors: Department of Internal Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska 68198, USA. merupp@unmc.edu
authors: Mark E
authors: ME
authors: Rupp
authors: Tomas
authors: T
authors: Huerta
authors: Stephanie
authors: S
authors: Yu
authors: R Jennifer
authors: RJ
authors: Cavalieri
authors: Roxanne
authors: R
authors: Alter
authors: Paul D
authors: PD
authors: Fey
authors: Elizabeth
authors: E
authors: Lyden
authors: Trevor
authors: T
authors: Van Schooneveld
mesh_terms: D000891:Anti-Infective Agents, Local; D058491:Bacterial Load; D001494:Baths / Q000295:instrumentation*; D002710:Chlorhexidine; D004197:Disease Reservoirs / Q000382:microbiology*; D004203:Disinfection / Q000379:methods; D013293:Enterococcus faecalis; D004866:Equipment Contamination; D004865:Equipment and Supplies, Hospital / Q000382:microbiology*; D004926:Escherichia coli; D050456:Fomites / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D055624:Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus; D013212:Staphylococcus epidermidis
chemical_list: D000891:Anti-Infective Agents, Local; D002710:Chlorhexidine