Practices to decrease rate of hospital acquired infection in babies admitted in NICU

Phase 1

Completed

• Conditions: Bacterial sepsis of newborn, unspecified,

• Registration Number: CTRI/2019/03/018240
• Lead Sponsor: Leslie lewis

Brief Summary

1.      **Title of the project** :  â€œ Quality initiatives to decrease the incidence of hospital acquired bloodstream infection among babies in NICU settingâ€

2.    **Type of Study** :   Multifacedstudy

***3.*** ***Aims & objectives :***

***AIM******-*** To decrease the incidence of hospital acquired bloodstream infection among babies  in NICU setting.

***Objectives******-*** 1.     Identify the Incidence of late onsetinfection in NICU (2017-18)

2.     List the major risk factors fornosocomial sepsis.

3.     Describe practices that can reduce therisk of nosocomial infections

4.     Implementation and assessment ofeffectiveness of infection control bundles

**a) Inclusion criteria :**

•        Quality initiatives willbe implemented on all the health care workers working in the NICU during thestudy period.

•      All Babies admitted in NICU for more than 3 days of life will be observedfor blood stream infection.

**Exclusion criteria :**

•       Babies with  positive blood culture within 3 days of admission.

**Detailed description of procedure / processes** :  Quality bundles will be formed which will include:

•       Hand hygiene

•       Line insertion Checklists

•       Improving infection awareness

•       Family education and awareness.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2019-01-04
• Study Completion: 2020-01-07
• Last Update Posted: 2020-11-24

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 250

Inclusion Criteria

All Babies admitted in NICU for more than 3 days of life.

Exclusion Criteria

• Babies with positive blood culture within 3 days of admission.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
incidence of blood culture positive hospital acquired infection after 6 months	6 months

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
incidence of blood culture positive hospital acquired infection after every month	1 month

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), Department of Paediatrics, Kasturba Hospital, Manipal; 🇮🇳 Udupi, KARNATAKA, India

Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), Department of Paediatrics, Kasturba Hospital, Manipal

🇮🇳Udupi, KARNATAKA, India

Ekansh agarwal

Principal investigator

9458704264

ekanshagarwal@gmail.com