Conditions: Nosocomial Infections
Keywords: intensive care unit Healthcare associated infections (HAI) pediatric
Allocation: RANDOMIZED | Intervention model: CROSSOVER
Enrollment: 5659
Healthy volunteers: no

Brief summary:
The investigators propose to conduct a large clinical study to determine if daily bathing with chlorhexidine impregnated cloths will reduce the incidence of healthcare-associated infections in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU).

Detailed description:

Arms:
arm 1: Daily bathing with 2% chlorhexidine gluconate arm 2: Standard bathing with soap and water basin or disposable cloth

Interventions: intervention 1: 2% Chlorhexidine gluconate cloth
Intervention descriptions: intervention 1: Daily bathing

Protocol document: