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Robert Hayes

Researcher at Rush University Medical Center

Publications -  7
Citations -  1053

Robert Hayes is an academic researcher from Rush University Medical Center. The author has contributed to research in topics: Intensive care & Variable number tandem repeat. The author has an hindex of 7, co-authored 7 publications receiving 1011 citations.

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Chlorhexidine Gluconate to Cleanse Patients in a Medical Intensive Care Unit: The Effectiveness of Source Control to Reduce the Bioburden of Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci

Michael O. Vernon, +5 more
- 13 Feb 2006 - 
TL;DR: Cleansing patients with chlorhexidine-saturated cloths is a simple, effective strategy to reduce VRE contamination of patients' skin, the environment, and health care workers' hands and to decrease patient acquisition of VRE.
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Development of Daptomycin Resistance In Vivo in Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus

Mary K. Hayden, +5 more
- 01 Oct 2005 - 
TL;DR: Daptomycin at high concentration retained bactericidal activity against resistant isolates and resistance in patients with osteomyelitis due to methicillin-resistant S. aureus.
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Impact of Ring Wearing on Hand Contamination and Comparison of Hand Hygiene Agents in a Hospital

William E. Trick, +9 more
- 01 Jun 2003 - 
TL;DR: Ring wearing was associated with 10-fold higher median skin organism counts; contamination with Staphylococcus aureus, gram-negative bacilli, or Candida species; and a stepwise increased risk of contamination with any transient organism as the number of rings worn increased.
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Effectiveness of routine patient cleansing with chlorhexidine gluconate for infection prevention in the medical intensive care unit.

Kyle J. Popovich, +4 more
- 27 Aug 2009 - 
TL;DR: In the analysis of real-world practice, daily bathing of MICU patients with CHG was effective at reducing rates of CVC-associated BSI and blood culture contamination.
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Relationship between chlorhexidine gluconate skin concentration and microbial density on the skin of critically ill patients bathed daily with chlorhexidine gluconate.

Kyle J. Popovich, +6 more
- 23 Jul 2012 - 
TL;DR: In MICU patients bathed daily with CHG, CHG concentration was inversely associated with microbial density on skin; residual antimicrobial activity on skin persisted up to 24 hours.