Impact of Umbilical Cord Cleansing With 4.0% Chlorhexidine on Neonatal Mortality

PHASE3CompletedINTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment

28,797

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

May 31, 2007

Primary Completion Date

November 30, 2009

Study Completion Date

November 30, 2010

Conditions
OmphalitisInfection
Interventions
BEHAVIORAL

chx once

4.0% chlorhexidine cleansing of the cord applied once by a project worker visiting the newborn in the home as soon as possible after birth

BEHAVIORAL

CHX x 7 days

4.0% chlorhexidine cleansing of the cord during home visits by project workers for the first 7 days after birth

BEHAVIORAL

dry cord care

Household members are instructed to apply nothing to the newborn's umbilical cord stump.

Trial Locations (1)

Unknown

Rural Sylhet District, Sylhet

All Listed Sponsors
collaborator

Government of Bangladesh

OTHER_GOV

collaborator

International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh

OTHER

collaborator

Save the Children

OTHER

collaborator

Shimantik

UNKNOWN

lead

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

OTHER

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