additionally, the current study is limited by the lack of control group; multisite research with a control group controlling for bathing and basin storage techniques is recommended to resolve this important question.
Evidence has established that hospital tap water is a source of bacterial contamination. In a systematic review of 18 randomized controlled trials, experimental studies, and meta- analyses conducted since 2006, researchers concluded that CHG bathing is "acceptable and useful" for the reduction of central catheter-associated bloodstream infections, the acquisition or decolonization of multidrug-resistant organisms, and surgical site infections. On the evidence grading scale used, CHG bathing was supported by fair to good evidence, with the weight of the evidence and expert opinion not strongly in favor.