Whole Body Washing With Chlorhexidine for the Eradication of MRSA

Phase 2 Completed 100 enrolled Heidelberg University

RandomizedParallel-groupDouble-blindTreatment

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether whole body washing with chlorhexidine in combination with mupirocine nasal ointment is effective in the eradication of meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA).

Timeline

Start: 2001-01
Primary completion: —
Completion: 2004-04

Publications

Wendt C, Schinke S, Wurttemberger M, Oberdorfer K, Bock-Hensley O, von Baum H. Value of whole-body washing with chlorhexidine for the eradication of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: a randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind clinical trial. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2007 Sep;28(9):1036-43. doi: 10.1086/519929. Epub 2007 Jul 3.

Drugs

Evaluation	Drug	Modality	Dose	Route
Subject	Chlorhexidine	Small molecule	4 %	Topical

Indications

No indication recorded.