Incidence of local complications following implementation of alcoholic chlorhexidine for peripheral venous catheter site disinfection.

In the sensitivity analysis (Supplementary Table and Supplementary Figure) focussing on the outcome suppuration and redness only, the IRR was 0.86 (95% CI 0.67–1.09, P = .21) Discussion Our findings demonstrate that switching from IPA to CHG was associated with a marginally statistically significant reduction in local PVC complications, aligning with previous clinical trial data on CHG efficacy 3 , 8 .

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