Researchers in Bangkok recently examined the effectiveness of daily bathing with 2 percent chlorhexidine-impregnated washcloths in preventing multidrug-resistant gram-positive bacterial colonization ...

Use of vaginal and infant wipes soaked with the microbicide chlorhexidene does not prevent neonatal sepsis, or prevent mother-infant transmission of disease-causing bacteria. Thus other interventions ...

While both triclosan and chlorhexidine are antiseptics, it wasn’t previously known which was more effective over a long period of time. A study recently published in the American Journal of Infection ...

Patients in intensive care units who are bathed daily with antiseptic wipes instead of ordinary soap and water have significantly lower rates of bloodstream infections and are less likely to acquire ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration warns that products containing chlorhexidine gluconate can cause rare but serious allergic reactions. Reports of severe reactions have increased over the last ...