Hand hygiene versus additional non-sterile gloves and gowns use to prevent sepsis in preterm infants colonized with multi-resistant drug bacteria: the study protocol of the cluster-randomized, cross-over, non-inferiority BALTIC trial

Abstract Background Infections are highly relevant for neonatal mortality and long-term morbidities in survivors. Therefore, it is an urgent need to optimize and evaluate infection prevention and control (IPC) strategies. Several infection outbreaks in German neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) re...

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Main Authors: Kirstin Faust, Clara Haug, Julia Pagel, Reinhard Jensen, Anja Stein, Ursula Felderhoff-Müser, David Frommhold, Kirsten Brebach, Christian Wieg, Georg Hillebrand, Barbara Naust, Esther Schmidt, Lutz Koch, Susanne Schmidtke, Arne Simon, Michael Zemlin, Sascha Meyer, Christopher Scholzen, Natascha Köstlin-Gille, Christian Gille, Ann-Carolin Longardt, Manuela Kärlin, Mirjam Lusga, Wolfgang Göpel, Manuel Krone, Stefanie Kampmeier, Franziska Strecker, Dennis Nurjadi, Inke R. König, Egbert Herting, Jan Rupp, Christoph Härtel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2025-04-01
Series:Molecular and Cellular Pediatrics
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s40348-025-00192-2
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