Patients who had been mechanically ventilated for over 24 hrs prior to PICU admission, with tracheostomies, with inaccessible oral cavities, and with known hypersensitivity to chlorhexidine were ...

The required 1% chlorhexidine and placebo gels were provided by ICPA Health Products Limited (233A, Adarsh Industrial Estate, Sahar Road, Chakala, Andheri East, Mumbai 400099, India). The funding ...