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  • Title: Recurrence of skin disease in a nursery: ineffectuality of hexachlorophene bathing.
    Author: Gehlbach SH, Gutman LT, Wilfert CM, Brumley GW, Katz SL.
    Journal: Pediatrics; 1975 Mar; 55(3):422-4. PubMed ID: 1143981.
    Abstract:
    An outbreak of streptococcal and staphylococcal skin disease was discovered in a full-term nursery after the discontinuation of bathing infants with hexachlorophene. The epidemic was only temporarily controlled by conventional means and recurred despite reinstitution of hexachlorophene bathing. Measures that decreased infants' exposure to visitors and hospital personnel and enforced aseptic techniques in the nursery were more important than use of hexachlorophene soap in achieving and maintaining control.
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