Efficacy of Copper in Reducing Health-Acquired Infections in a Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01678612 |
Recruitment Status :
Completed
First Posted : September 5, 2012
Last Update Posted : April 10, 2014
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Nosocomial Infections | Other: Copper-alloy surfaced objects | Not Applicable |
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Actual Enrollment : | 1012 participants |
Allocation: | Non-Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Parallel Assignment |
Masking: | None (Open Label) |
Primary Purpose: | Prevention |
Official Title: | Efficacy of Copper in Reducing Health-Acquired Infections and Microbial Burden as Measured on High Touch Surfaces in a Pediatric Intensive Care Unit. A Controlled Clinical Trial. |
Study Start Date : | November 2012 |
Actual Primary Completion Date : | December 2013 |
Actual Study Completion Date : | December 2013 |

Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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No Intervention: Non copper standard surfaced objects
Rooms assigned to standard surfaced objects
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Experimental: Copper-alloy surfaced objects
Rooms furnished with copper surfaced objects, i.e. bed rails, bed rail levers, IV poles, nurse workstation, clipboards, sink handles.
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Other: Copper-alloy surfaced objects
Room assigned to the Experimental arm will be furnished with copper-alloy surfaced objects,i.e. bed-rails, bed-rail levers, IV poles, nurse workstation, HCW clipboards, sink handles. |
- Hospital-Acquired Infections (HAI) incidence density / 1,000 patient-days [ Time Frame: Participants will be followed for the duration of hospital stay, an expected average of 6 days ]
- Microbial Burden measured on high-touch copper and non-copper surfaced objects [ Time Frame: 1 year study duration ]Total microbial burden and selected bacteria (MRSA,VRE) will be measured twice a month in all bedrails and sink handles of the PICU study site.
- Incidence of new events of colonization with selected pathogens per 1000 patient-days at risk [ Time Frame: participants will be followed for the duration of hospital stay, an expected average of 6 days ]Patients with negative culture (from skin and mucosa samples) will be sampled at Day 3, Day 6 and discharge.

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Ages Eligible for Study: | up to 180 Months (Child) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
- patient admitted to PICU
- stay at PICU > 24 hours
- informed consent by parent/legal representative
Exclusion criteria: none

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT01678612
Chile | |
Hospital Roberto del Rio | |
Santiago, Chile |
Principal Investigator: | Bettina von Dessauer, MD | Hospital Roberto del Rio |
Responsible Party: | Codelco |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT01678612 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
CODEHRdR |
First Posted: | September 5, 2012 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | April 10, 2014 |
Last Verified: | April 2014 |
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