Efficacy of Copper in Reducing Health-Acquired Infections in a Pediatric Intensive Care Unit

Codelco

Status: Completed

Conditions: Nosocomial Infections

Treatments: Other: Copper-alloy surfaced objects

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Industry

Identifiers

NCT01678612

CODEHRdR

Details and patient eligibility

About

Healthcare-acquired infections (HAI) cause substantial patient morbidity and mortality. Commonly touched items in the patient care environment harbor microorganisms that may contribute to HAI risk. The purpose of this study is to assess whether placement of copper-alloy surfaced objects in a pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) reduce risk of HAI in comparison with non-copper surfaced objects.

Enrollment: 1,012 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 7 days to 180 months old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• patient admitted to PICU
• stay at PICU > 24 hours
• informed consent by parent/legal representative

Exclusion criteria: none

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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1,012 participants in 2 patient groups

Non copper standard surfaced objects

No Intervention group

Description:

Rooms assigned to standard surfaced objects

Copper-alloy surfaced objects

Experimental group

Description:

Rooms furnished with copper surfaced objects, i.e. bed rails, bed rail levers, IV poles, nurse workstation, clipboards, sink handles.

Treatment:

Other: Copper-alloy surfaced objects