Chlorhexidine

[Vicky Payne 21]

Dear all- I am posting this via the 99NICU app to test it!! But I am also interested to know what strength Chlorhexidine people use prior to central line insertion in ELBW infants and 23 (?22?) to 25 weeks???
Thanks in advance!
Best wishes
Vicky x

[Stefan Johansson 641]

And I reply on the app :) (which I find a bit clunky still)
we would use phys sodium chloride for ELBW infants

[Stefan Johansson 641]

@Vicky Payne Found these previous threads: 

 

 

 

[Vicky Payne 21]

On 11/12/2020 at 6:29 PM, Stefan Johansson said:

And I reply on the app (which I find a bit clunky still)
we would use phys sodium chloride for ELBW infants

Hmmm I didn't even realise this had posted from the app!! ooops! Interesting you use saline only. What are your infection rates per 1000 CL days in this particular cohort of babies????

[Karen 10]

Hi Vicky

Due to skin fragility in this cohort of infants (and previous experience), we use the 0.1% Chlorhexidine irrigation solution in all infants < 28/40 until the epidermal layers stratify

 

[James Marceau 10]

Hi Vicky

We use 0.5% Aqueous Chlorhexidine for premature infants less than 30/40 or less than 1000grams.

We have only had one 24/40 triplet with 6-7% partial thickness contact burns from this solution.

James