Brushing the teeth 4 times a day rather than twice per day reduces the amount of bacterial colonisation in the upper respiratory tract of ventilated patients in IT

Completed

• Conditions: Oral Health; Oral Health: Ventilator associated pneumonia; Complications of procedures, not elsewhere classified

• Registration Number: ISRCTN89147541
• Lead Sponsor: Record Provided by the NHSTCT Register - 2006 Update - Department of Health

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2006-09-29
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2015

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 20

Inclusion Criteria

Eligible patients are to be enrolled between 12/05 and 03/06 from Epsom and St Helier Hospital ITUs. The study will be a prospective blind randomised controlled trial. Approval from the Research Ethics Committee and Research and Development are being sought.

Patients admitted to the ITU for mechanical ventilation will be invited to join the study as long as they fulfill the following criteria: all adult patients, male and female aged 18 to 95 with written consent. This may be obtained from the participant or from a legal representative or next of kin. Participants must have been intubated within the hospital. However, if intubated in another hospital they may be included as long as they arrive in the ITU within 12 hours of intubation. Participants must not be endentulous or have a tracheostomy tube. Patients with both medical and surgical diagnosis will be included but their condition must suggest an expected admission period of more that 8 days.

Exclusion Criteria

1. Edentulous patients
2. Patients with a facial injury
3. Patients with a tracheostomy tube

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified