Status:
COMPLETED
Unnecessary IV Antibiotic Days Using General Criteria for Antibiotic Switch
Lead Sponsor:
Sorlandet Hospital HF
Conditions:
Infection
Eligibility:
All Genders
15+ years
Brief Summary
Observation of the use of intravenous antibiotics in medical clinic of Sorlandet Hospital, Norway. Suggestions of criteria for the switch from intravenous to oral administration of antibiotics. Implem...
Detailed Description
The study is a comparison of the use of intravenous antibiotics before and after the implementation of switch criteria. Switch is defined as a change in administration route from intravenous to oral. ...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Alle patients with suspected infection and who is gives intravenous antibiotics
Exclusion
- CNS-infection
- Endocarditis
- Bone/joint infection
- Undrained abscess
- Foreign body infection
- Compromized oral route
- Immunosuppression
- Patients meeting the systemic inflammatory response syndrome criteria
- No preferred oral antibiotic available
- Other conditions requiring intravenous administration
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
November 1 2006
Trial Type :
OBSERVATIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
March 1 2007
Estimated Enrollment :
187 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00763373
Start Date
November 1 2006
End Date
March 1 2007
Last Update
September 30 2008
Active Locations (2)
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1
Sorlandet Sykehus Arendal
Arendal, Aust-Agder, Norway, 4500
2
Sørlandet Sykehus Kristiansand
Kristiansand, Vest Agder, Norway, 4604