Multicenter Trial of Daily Chlorhexidine Bathing to Reduce Nosocomial Infections

Status unconfirmed

Conditions studied: Nosocomial Bacteremia, MRSA Colonization, MRSA Infection, VRE Colonization, VRE Infection

In brief

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.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00502476

Run by

Hunter Holmes Mcguire Veteran Affairs Medical Center

People needed

14000

Starts

2007-08-01

Expected to finish

2009-09-01

Last updated by the study team

2007-08-07

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• All patients admitted to study units during the proposed study interval are eligible for inclusion in the study

You may not qualify if…

• Patients with known allergies to chlorhexidine gluconate or any other ingredients in the product
• Patients with burns that include a high percentage of disrupted body surface area
• Use in patients undergoing lumbar punctures or contact with the meninges
• Patients with large open skin wounds; and
• Children less than 18 years old

Where it is running

• Hunter Holmes McGuire Veteran Affairs Medical Center — Richmond, Virginia, United States (enrolling)
• University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics — Iowa City, Iowa, United States
• Johns Hopkins Hospital — Baltimore, Maryland, United States
• Northwestern Memorial Hospital — Chicago, Illinois, United States
• Barnes Jewish Hospital — St Louis, Missouri, United States
• Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center — New York, New York, United States
• Brigham and Women's Hospital — Boston, Massachusetts, United States

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