BabyGel pilot: a pilot cluster randomised trial of the provision of alcohol handgel to postpartum mothers to prevent neonatal and young infant infection-related morbidity in the community

BabyGel pilot: a pilot cluster randomised trial of the provision of alcohol handgel to postpartum mothers to prevent neonatal and young infant infection-related morbidity in the community

Abstract Background Alcohol-based hand rub (ABHR) is widely used in both health and social facilities to prevent infection, but it is not known whether supplying it for regular perinatal use can prevent newborn sepsis in African rural homes. Our study piloted a cluster randomised trial of providing...

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Main Authors: J. Ditai, J. Abeso, N. M. Odeke, N. Mobbs, J. Dusabe-Richards, M. Mudoola, E. D. Carrol, P. Olupot-Olupot, J. Storr, A. Medina-Lara, M. Gladstone, E. B. Faragher, A. D. Weeks
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-03-01
Series:Pilot and Feasibility Studies
Subjects:
Infant sepsis
Infection
Morbidity alcohol-based hand rub
Mothers
Hand hygiene
BabyGel
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40814-019-0432-7

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