STUDY OF INFECTIONS CAUSED DUE TO UMBILICAL VEIN CATHETER IN NEWBORN BABIES
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: null- UMBILICAL VEIN CATHETER RELATED INFECTIO
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2013/09/003945
- Lead Sponsor
- VITUS JOHAN D SILVA
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Open to Recruitment
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 100
Inclusion Criteria
Neonates in whom umbilical vein catheter is inserted.
Exclusion Criteria
1.Infants with culture proven sepsis or clinically suspected sepsis before the insertion of the catheter.
2.Infants born to mothers with puerpural sepsis.
3.Infants born to mothers with premature rupture of membranes for > 18 hours.
4.Infants born outside our hospital.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method incidence of catheter related infection.Timepoint: 1 and a half years
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method most common organism associated with catheter related infections and their sensitivity to antibiotics.Timepoint: 1 and a half years