Status:

COMPLETED

Cluster Randomized Trial of Hospitals to Assess Impact of Targeted Versus Universal Strategies to Reduce Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA) in Intensive Care Units (ICUs)

Lead Sponsor:

Harvard Pilgrim Health Care

Collaborating Sponsors:

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Conditions:

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus Aureus

Eligibility:

All Genders

13+ years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

The Randomized Evaluation of Decolonization versus Universal Clearance to Eliminate MRSA (REDUCE MRSA) Trial is a cluster randomized trial of the comparative effectiveness of three strategies to preve...

Detailed Description

Baseline data involving 12 months of data for participating hospitals (July 2008 - June 2009) was collected prior to randomization to account for size and ICU baseline prevalence of MRSA in randomizat...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Inclusion criteria will include all HCA hospitals that reside in US states where physicians do NOT routinely prescribe decolonization for MRSA + ICU patients.

Exclusion

  • Exclusion criteria will include hospitals where ICU physicians often prescribe decolonization for MRSA+ ICU patients.
  • Dedicated burn ICUs will also be excluded due to the inability to perform routine bathing.
  • Finally, since the intent is to assess the intervention in adult ICUs, pediatric hospitals will be excluded although patients \<13 years old that are admitted to participating adult ICUs will be included in the unit-based intervention.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

September 1 2009

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

September 1 2011

Estimated Enrollment :

74256 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00980980

Start Date

September 1 2009

End Date

September 1 2011

Last Update

May 2 2017

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Alaska Regional

Anchorage, Alaska, United States

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Los Robles Hosp & Med Ctr

Thousand Oaks, California, United States

3

The Medical Center of Aurora

Aurora, Colorado, United States

4

Blake Medical Center

Brandenton, Florida, United States