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Multicenter Trial of Daily Chlorhexidine Bathing to Reduce Nosocomial Infections

NCT00502476 · Status: UNKNOWN · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 14000

Last updated 2007-08-07

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

To determine if daily bathing with chlorhexidine impregnated washcloths will reduce the incidence of MRSA and VRE within an Intensive Care Unit (ICU) or ward setting.

Conditions

  • Nosocomial Bacteremia
  • MRSA Colonization
  • MRSA Infection
  • VRE Colonization
  • VRE Infection

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Bathing with Chlorhexidine Impregnated Washcloths

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Michael W Climo, MD · Hunter Holmes Mcguire Veteran Affairs Medical Center

  • Edward S Wong, MD · Hunter Holmes Mcguire Veteran Affairs Medical Center

  • Jane A Cecil, MD · Hunter Holmes Mcguire Veteran Affairs Medical Center

  • Kent Sepkowitz, MD · Weil Medical College of Cornell University

  • Trish M Perl, MD, MSc · Johns Hopkins University

  • Debbie Yokoe, MD, MPH · Harvard School of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital

  • Maureen Bolon, MD · Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

  • Dave K Warren, MD · Washington University School of Medicine

  • Loreen Herwaldt, MD · University of Iowa

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2007-08-31
Completion
2009-09-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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