Chlorhexidine Gluconate 0.12% Oral Rinse Reduces the Incidence of Total Nosocomial Respiratory Infection and Nonprophylactic Systemic Antibiotic Use in Patients Undergoing Heart Surgery
- 1 June 1996
- Vol. 109 (6) , 1556-1561
- https://doi.org/10.1378/chest.109.6.1556
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