COMPARAÇÃO DA EFETIVIDADE DA CLOREXIDINA 0,12% E 2% NA HIGIENIZAÇÃO ORAL DE PACIENTES INTERNADOS EM UTIs

Abstract

Oral hygiene of hospitalized patients is usually performed by nurses and/or nursing technicians under the guidance of the dental surgeon. This is of great importance, especially if we remember that the oral cavity contains almost half of all microbiota in the human body, and they are potentially responsible for developing nosocomial pneumonia, especially ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) in ICUs. Through the present systematic review of the literature, it can be concluded that the vast majority of selected studies demonstrate that chlorhexidine can prevent and reduce the incidence of ventilator-associated pneumonia. However, there are still great divergences in questions related to the concentration of this drug.