Dolores Quinn1, Nancy Newton, Robert Piecuch. 1. University of California, San Francisco, Medical Center, 505 Parnassus Avenue, Box 0210, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA. doloresquinn@earthlink.net
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the effect of less frequent bathing on skin flora of premature infants. DESIGN: Randomized clinical trial comparing the impact of every other day bathing to every 4th day bathing on skin flora type and colony count. SETTING: University of California, San Francisco, Medical Center Level IV neonatal intensive-care unit. PARTICIPANTS: Fifty-three premature infants less than 37 weeks gestational age, 14 days or older, and receiving a bath. INTERVENTION: Premature infants were randomized to either every other day bathing (control group, n = 28) or every 4th day bathing (intervention group, n = 25). MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE: Skin flora type and colony count obtained weekly. RESULTS: Repeated-measures ANOVA was used to test the main effect of group, time, and Group x Time interaction. These factors were not statistically significant; group F(1,21) = 1.842, p = .189; time F(3,63) = 1.359, p = .263; Group x Time interaction F(3,63) = 0.753, p = .525. None of the infants developed an infection as a result of participating in the study protocol. CONCLUSION: Every 4th day bathing of premature infants appears to be safe.
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OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the effect of less frequent bathing on skin flora of premature infants. DESIGN: Randomized clinical trial comparing the impact of every other day bathing to every 4th day bathing on skin flora type and colony count. SETTING: University of California, San Francisco, Medical Center Level IV neonatal intensive-care unit. PARTICIPANTS: Fifty-three premature infants less than 37 weeks gestational age, 14 days or older, and receiving a bath. INTERVENTION: Premature infants were randomized to either every other day bathing (control group, n = 28) or every 4th day bathing (intervention group, n = 25). MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE: Skin flora type and colony count obtained weekly. RESULTS: Repeated-measures ANOVA was used to test the main effect of group, time, and Group x Time interaction. These factors were not statistically significant; group F(1,21) = 1.842, p = .189; time F(3,63) = 1.359, p = .263; Group x Time interaction F(3,63) = 0.753, p = .525. None of the infants developed an infection as a result of participating in the study protocol. CONCLUSION: Every 4th day bathing of premature infants appears to be safe.
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