Daily Chlorhexidine Care at the Exit Site in Peritoneal Dialysis Patients

Phase 4 Completed 89 enrolled E-DA Hospital

RandomizedParallel-groupOpen-labelPrevention

Summary

Chlorhexidine is used in central line dressing changes and is effective in reducing line infections. It is unclear if daily chlorhexidine care at the exit site in peritoneal dialysis (PD) patients can reduce the risk of Staphylococcus aureus (SA) colonization or exit site infection.

Timeline

Start: 2010-05
Primary completion: 2011-05
Completion: 2011-05

Publications

Wang HH, Hung SY, Chang MY, Lee YC, Lin HF, Lin TM, Yang SP, Lin HH, Yang SC, Wang JL. Bacterial colonization patterns in daily chlorhexidine care at the exit site in peritoneal dialysis patients-A prospective, randomized controlled trial. PLoS One. 2017 Oct 5;12(10):e0184859. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0184859. eCollection 2017.

Drugs

Evaluation	Drug	Modality	Dose	Route
Subject	Chlorhexidine gluconate	Other / unclassified	4 %	Topical

Indications

No indication recorded.