Trials / Completed
CompletedNCT00198679
Effect of Chlorhexidine Skin Cleansing on Skin Flora
Effect of Chlorhexidine Skin Cleansing on Skin Flora of Newborn Infants in Bangladesh
- Status
- Completed
- Phase
- Phase 4
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 210 (planned)
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- 48 Hours
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepted
Summary
Given the potential of skin cleansing with chlorhexidine as a safe, feasible, and cost-effective intervention for reducing neonatal death in developing country settings, this study follows a trial already underway in Nepal to test the impact of a single cleansing of the skin with baby wipes cotaining chlorahexidine.
Detailed description
This study is designed to test the impact of a single cleansing of the skin with 0.25% or 4.0% Chlorhexidine wipes on qualitative and quantitative skin flora and skin condition in newborn infants. The study takes place in the Special Care Nursery at Dhaka Shishu Hospital in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| DRUG | Chlorhexidine |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2004-03-01
- Primary completion
- 2005-03-01
- Completion
- 2005-03-01
- First posted
- 2005-09-20
- Last updated
- 2018-04-20
Locations
1 site across 1 country: Bangladesh
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT00198679. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.