Does Transporting Neonates in Chlorhexidine Treated Baby Sheets Reduce Early Onset Sepsis- A Randomised Controlled Trial.
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: null- All intramural neonates weighing more than 1000g and gestational age more than 28weeks being transferred to NICU at birth.
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2016/10/007369
- Lead Sponsor
- Dhayaguruvasan
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 394
Inclusion Criteria
All intramural neonates weighing more than 1000g and gestational age more than 28weeks being transferred to NICU at birth.
Exclusion Criteria
Major congenital anomalies
Neonates who do not survive the first 24 hours of life.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method The incidence of sepsis as clinically or as microbiologically defined.Timepoint: At admission to NICU or during the NICU stay.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1.The mortality rates between the two groups. <br/ ><br>2.The skin flora between the two groups on day one and day seven were compared with each other and also with that of blood /CSF cultures, if available. <br/ ><br>Timepoint: at admission and at 7 days