Status:
COMPLETED
Trial of Positive Deviance in Inpatient Wards to Reduce Hospital Infections
Lead Sponsor:
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Conditions:
Healthcare-associated Infections
Eligibility:
All Genders
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
Healthcare-associated infections (HAI) are a significant public health burden. Even with existence of recommendations on technical strategies to prevent these infections, there is a need for strategie...
Detailed Description
Objective: To evaluate whether positive deviance (PD) based horizontal infection prevention approach will result in a higher rate of decline in incidence density of patients with HAI (central line-ass...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- The intervention was performed on the staff members providing care in the three wards belonging to the intervention arm of the study. These staff members were invited to participate in the positive deviance intervention on a voluntary and anonymous basis.
- The primary outcome was measured in all the patients who received care in the three intervention wards and the three control wards.
- For Intervention: All staff members employed in the study wards assigned to the intervention arm.
- For Primary Outcome Assessment:
- All patients admitted to any of the six study wards included in the study over the 24-month study period.
Exclusion
- None
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
August 1 2011
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
August 1 2014
Estimated Enrollment :
16876 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT02244905
Start Date
August 1 2011
End Date
August 1 2014
Last Update
March 17 2020
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