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De-adoption of chlorhexidine oral care and ICU mortality

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  1. Department of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, Ghent University, Campus UZ Gent, Corneel Heymanslaan 10, 9000, Ghent, Belgium

    Stijn Blot

  2. Burns, Trauma and Critical Care Research Centre, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia

    Stijn Blot

  3. Strategic Policy Cell, Ghent University Hospital, Corneel Heymanslaan 10, 9000, Ghent, Belgium

    Mieke Deschepper

  4. School of Healthcare, Nurse Education Programme, HOGENT University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Ghent, Belgium

    Sonia Labeau

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Blot, S., Deschepper, M. & Labeau, S. De-adoption of chlorhexidine oral care and ICU mortality. Intensive Care Med 48, 624–625 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-022-06621-4

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