Evaluation of Novel Antimicrobial Hand Towels

Category Primary study
Registry of Trialsclinicaltrials.gov
Year 2012
In March 2012, the investigators initiated a prospective, cluster-randomized, controlled field trial in Kisumu County, located in an area in western Kenya which has the highest under-five mortality rate in Kenya with 149 childhood deaths per 1,000 live births 9. The study was designed to evaluate the effectiveness of an antimicrobial hand towel (hereafter referred to as towel) in preventing diarrheal diseases, acute respiratory infections, self-reported fever, and skin infections in children \<2 years old.
Epistemonikos ID: ec3fa2f7fa534dbf0aa904412b8ae9f985759548
First added on: May 12, 2024