The Impact of Chlorhexidine-Based Bathing on Nosocomial Infections
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Official title
The Impact of the Use of Chlorhexidine-Based Bathing System in the Hospital to Reduce the Incidence of MRSA/VRE Infection or Colonization and Nosocomial Bloodstream Infections (BSI)
Brief summary
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The purpose of this study was to determine if the use of daily chlorhexidine bathing would decrease the incidence of MRSA and VRE colonization and healthcare associated Bloodstream Infections (BSI) among Intensive Care Unit (ICU) patients.
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT00448942
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Study type
- Observational
- Phase
- Not listed
- Enrollment
- 5,300 participants
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 18 Years and older
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Healthy volunteers not accepted
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Study timeline
- Start date
- Oct 31, 2004
- Primary completion
- Not listed
- Completion
- Dec 31, 2005
- Last update posted
- Mar 18, 2007
2004 – 2006
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 4
- U.S. states
- 4
- U.S. cities
- 4
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johns Hopkins Hospital | Baltimore | Maryland | 21205 | — |
| Barnes Jewish Hospital | St Louis | Missouri | 63110 | — |
| Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center | New York | New York | 10021 | — |
| Hunter Holmes McGuire Veteran Affairs Medical Center | Richmond | Virginia | 23249 | — |
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- Last update posted Mar 18, 2007 · Synced Sep 6, 2026
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