400
Participants
Start Date
May 31, 2002
Study Completion Date
April 30, 2005
0.1% Octenidine with 30% 1-propanol and 45% 2-propanol
Before insertion of the catheter, the entry site was disinfected with the assigned solution over an area of \>200 cm² for at least one minute. The assigned solution was then applied for care of the entry site during the change of dressings, usually every 2 to 3 days.
74% Ethanol with 10% 2-propanol
Before insertion of the catheter, the entry site was disinfected with the assigned solution over an area of \>200 cm² for at least one minute. The assigned solution was then applied for care of the entry site during the change of dressings, usually every 2 to 3 days.
Institute of Environmental Medicine and Hospital Epidemiology University Medical Center Freiburg, Freiburg im Breisgau
Division of Infectious Diseases and Hospital Epidemiology, University Hospital Basel, Basel
University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland
OTHER
University Hospital Freiburg
OTHER