Status:
COMPLETED
VAT-2: Evaluation of a Virtual Antimicrobial Stewardship Team (VAT) on Antibiotic Prescriptions in Nursing Homes
Lead Sponsor:
Public Health Service of Amsterdam
Collaborating Sponsors:
Amsterdam University Medical Centers (UMC), Location Academic Medical Center (AMC)
Conditions:
Bacterial Infections
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
The Virtual Antimicrobial stewardship Team (VAT) study aims to evaluate, in a randomized controlled trial (RCT), the effect of a weekly virtual antimicrobial stewardship (AMS) intervention on the appr...
Detailed Description
Rationale: Antimicrobial stewardship interventions have been extensively studied in hospital settings and have proven effective in reducing the number of infections with multidrug resistant micro-orga...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Inclusion Criteria of clinicians:
- Working in nursing homes in the North Holland-Flevoland region and being authorized to prescribe.
- Agreeing to being randomized to intervention or control group.
- Working in a nursing home that has a medication prescription system from which prescriptions can easily be obtained for VAT meetings.
- Working in a nursing home that is connected to a microbiology lab, .that participates in this study and offers VAT meetings.
- Expected to be employed for at least four months from date of randomization.
- Inclusion Criteria of antibiotic prescriptions:
- • All prescriptions for antibiotics with a therapeutic indication regarding urinary tract infections, respiratory tract infections or skin and soft tissue infections for residents of nursing homes, prescribed by clinicians participating in the study, during the study period.
- Exclusion Criteria of antibiotic prescriptions:
- Prescriptions for antibiotics with a prophylactic purpose.
- Prescriptions given by clinicians not participating in the study
- Prescriptions prescribed outside the study period.
Exclusion
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
July 1 2023
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
December 31 2024
Estimated Enrollment :
57 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT05998226
Start Date
July 1 2023
End Date
December 31 2024
Last Update
February 6 2025
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Public Health Service of Amsterdam
Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands, 1018WT