Status:
COMPLETED
Effect of an Automated Paging System on Response to Critical Laboratory Values
Lead Sponsor:
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Collaborating Sponsors:
University Health Network, Toronto
Conditions:
Critical Laboratory Values
Drug Laboratory Interactions
Eligibility:
All Genders
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
Patients in hospitals may develop serious problems that are detected by blood tests. It is very important for the physicians to be notified of these abnormal blood tests as soon as possible. Currently...
Detailed Description
We will evaluate the effect of real time clinical alerting on the time to response and the quality of the response to critical laboratory values. We define time to response as the time from acceptance...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Patients with critical laboratory values or hazardous drug-lab or drug-drug conditions, admitted to inpatient general medicine units
Exclusion
- Values or conditions where no clinical action can be taken
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
February 1 2006
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
September 1 2008
Estimated Enrollment :
271 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00469924
Start Date
February 1 2006
End Date
September 1 2008
Last Update
May 17 2016
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Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M4N 3M5