Status:

COMPLETED

Antimicrobial Stewardship in Community Hospitals

Lead Sponsor:

Duke University

Collaborating Sponsors:

National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)

Conditions:

Antibiotic Stewardship in Community Hospitals

Eligibility:

All Genders

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

The Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) guidelines recommend two "core" strategies for Antibiotic Stewardship (AS): 1) antimicrobial restriction and preauthorization and 2) prospective audit...

Detailed Description

This study is a three-stage cluster randomized historically controlled crossover trial designed to evaluate the feasibility of the implementation of two AS strategies. Four community hospitals in the ...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • All adult and pediatric patients admitted to the study hospital who are prescribed targeted or alternative antimicrobial agent(s) will have data collected from their medical records.

Exclusion

  • Any patient not meeting the criteria above will be excluded.
  • Patients who receive \< 24 hours of surgical prophylaxis with a targeted or alternative antimicrobial will be excluded.
  • Finally, any patient followed by an Infectious Disease consultant will be excluded.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

May 1 2014

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

December 1 2015

Estimated Enrollment :

3972 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT02212808

Start Date

May 1 2014

End Date

December 1 2015

Last Update

March 22 2016

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