Prevention and Control of Healthcare-Associated Infections

Sponsor
Mahidol University (Other)
Overall Status
Unknown status
CT.gov ID
NCT00917319
Collaborator
(none)
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Study Details

Study Description

Brief Summary

Bundling infection control interventions should decrease incidence of Healthcare-Associated Infections in General Medical Wards at Siriraj Hospital, Bangkok, Thailand

Condition or Disease Intervention/Treatment Phase
  • Other: Bundling Infection Control Interventions
N/A

Study Design

Study Type:
Interventional
Anticipated Enrollment :
2000 participants
Allocation:
Randomized
Intervention Model:
Parallel Assignment
Masking:
None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose:
Prevention
Official Title:
Randomized Controlled Study on Effectiveness of Implementing Bundling Infection Control Interventions for Prevention and Control of Healthcare-Associated Infections in General Medical Wards at Siriraj Hospital, Bangkok, Thailand
Study Start Date :
Jan 1, 2009
Anticipated Primary Completion Date :
Jul 1, 2009

Arms and Interventions

Arm Intervention/Treatment
Experimental: Infection control measure

Bundling Infection Control Interventions

Other: Bundling Infection Control Interventions
identify risk factors for developing HAIs, receive general infection control measures as well as infection control measures appropriate for the identified risk factor (s)

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

  1. Incidence of healthcare-associated infection [7 months]

Secondary Outcome Measures

  1. Incidence of hospital-acquired pneumonia and catheter-associated UTI [7 months]

Eligibility Criteria

Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study:
18 Years and Older
Sexes Eligible for Study:
All
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
No
Inclusion Criteria:
  • The patients hospitalized to general medical wards
Exclusion Criteria:
  • The patients hospitalized less than 48 hours

Contacts and Locations

Locations

Site City State Country Postal Code
1 Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital Bangkoknoi, Bangkok Thailand 10700

Sponsors and Collaborators

  • Mahidol University

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Visanu Thamlikitkul, MD, Siriraj Hospital

Study Documents (Full-Text)

None provided.

More Information

Publications

None provided.
Responsible Party:
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
NCT00917319
Other Study ID Numbers:
  • Siriraj CEU 52-001
  • Siriraj Hospital
First Posted:
Jun 10, 2009
Last Update Posted:
Jun 17, 2009
Last Verified:
Jun 1, 2009
Additional relevant MeSH terms:

Study Results

No Results Posted as of Jun 17, 2009