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Glove-based Care in the NICU to Prevent Late Onset Sepsis

NCT03078335 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 786

Last updated 2018-08-09

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Babies that get an infection after 3 days of age while in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit is not related to their delivery but to the hospital environment. Preventing these infections results in shorter hospital stays for babies, less risk of long term health problems and less health care resources required to care for them. Hand washing alone doesn't remove all bacteria from the hands of healthcare workers, and studies have shown that infections in adults and children admitted to hospital decrease if health care providers use clean, non- sterile gloves when treating patients. The main focus of this study will be to find out if using gloves when caring for newborns in the NICU is better than washing hands alone. McMaster Children's Hospital and The Hospital for Sick Children will be the pilot sites to participate in a future larger study where some infants will be cared for using non-sterile gloves, and others will be cared for using the standard hand washing method.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

Glove based care

Described in Experimental Arm: Glove based care

OTHER

Standard of Care - Hand Hygiene

Hand Hygiene - hand washing with soap and water, or alcohol based hand rub

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Hamilton Health Sciences Corporation

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Sarah Khan, MD, FRCPC · McMaster University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE
Model
CROSSOVER

Eligibility

Min Age
1 Minute
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2017-06-05
Primary Completion
2018-06-01
Completion
2018-06-01

Countries

  • Canada

Study Locations

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Diseases

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