Clinical trialNCT02386592CompletedInterventional

Prevention of Nosocomial Bacteremia Among Zambian Neonates

SponsorBoston UniversityEnrollment9,410Neonatal MortalityNeonatal Sepsis

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Summary

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The purpose of this study is to estimate the burden of disease, identify risk factors associated with nosocomial bacteremia among neonates and assess the efficacy of low-cost measures targeted to known and suspected nosocomial BSI (bloodstream) risk factors, the investigators propose to study the impact of a novel package of infection control interventions on nosocomial bacteremia and mortality among neonates at a tertiary care center in sub-Saharan Africa.

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Investigators

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Davidson H Hamer, MD
BU School of Medicine
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Sites

1 registered facility, with the per-site recruitment status where the registry publishes one. ClinicalTrials.gov does not publish per-site enrollment counts.

Zambia

University Teaching Hospital
Lusaka, Zambia

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Drugs studied

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Chlorhexidine →

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Registration & key dates

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Start: 1 Sept 2015
Primary completion: 15 Apr 2017
Completion: 31 Jul 2017
Last update posted: 31 Jul 2017
Registered enrollment: 9,410
Registry id: NCT02386592

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