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

Quality initiatives to decrease the incidence of hospital acquired bloodstream infection among babies in NICU setting

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Phase 1

Study type

Interventional

Source

CTRI

Registry ID

CTRI/2019/03/018240

Enrollment

250

Registered

2019-03-25

Start date

Unknown

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2021-11-24

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Conditions

Health Condition 1: P369- Bacterial sepsis of newborn, unspecified

Interventions

Intervention1: 1. Hand Hygiene training and awareness among health care workers. 2. Central line handling checklist 3. Display Board. 4. Family education: 1. Hand hygiene training will be provided to

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

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

Exclusion criteria

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

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
incidence of blood culture positive hospital acquired infection after 6 monthsTimepoint: 6 months	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
incidence of blood culture positive hospital acquired infection after every monthTimepoint: 1 month	—

Countries

India

Contacts

Public ContactEkansh Agarwal

Kasturba Medical College, Manipal

leslie.lewis@manipal.edu9449208476

Outcome results

None listed

Source: CTRI (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026