drugset / Trial / NCT00272675

Prevention of Nosocomial Infection by Decontamination of the Naso- and Oropharynx With Chlorhexidine (NONI Trial)

NCT00272675

RandomizedParallel-groupDouble-blindPrevention

Summary

Does chlorhexidine gluonate, a simple broad-spectrum antimicrobial agent with virtually no adverse-effects lower the incidence of NI after cardiac surgery, especially with respect to LTI and SSI?

Timeline

Start
2003-08
Primary completion
Completion
2005-09

Drugs

EvaluationDrugModalityDoseRoute
Subject Chlorhexidine gluconate Other / unclassified 0.12 % Topical