Effectiveness of Catheter Reminder and Evaluation Program

All Hospitalized Patients Clinical Trial

— CARE  

Official title:

Effectiveness of Catheter Reminder and Evaluation (CARE) Program in Reducing the Catheter-day and Prevention of Catheter-associated Infections

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT01797146
• Other study ID #: 656/2555(EC1)
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: February 18, 2013
• Last updated: November 18, 2015
• Start date: February 2013
• Est. completion date: December 2013

Study information

• Verified date: November 2015
• Source: Siriraj Hospital
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: Thailand: Ethical Committee
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The investigators will conduct a cluster randomized controlled trial to evaluate the efficacy of Catheter Reminder and Evaluation program (CARE) in reducing the duration of catheter use and the number of infection relating to catheter use.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 874
• Est. completion date: December 2013
• Est. primary completion date: December 2013
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 15 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• All hospitalized adults in 6 general medical wards at Siriraj Hospital

• With or Without catheter

Exclusion Criteria:

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Prevention

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• All Hospitalized Patients
• With and Without Catheter

Intervention

Procedure:
• Catheter Reminder and Evaluation Program
This intervention will be implemented by ward nurses and responsible physicians. The details of intervention are shown below. Nurse: Every morning, a ward nurse will check if any patient has a urinary catheter or a central venous catheter in place. An order sheet will be marked with a CARE-rubber stamp and the following information will be added by hand-writing. Type and duration of urinary catheter use. Indication of urinary catheter _________ Type and duration of central venous catheter use Indication of urinary catheter _________ Responsible physician: During a morning round, a physician needs to fill the indication of catheter use. If a given physician does not fill the indication of urinary catheter use, the catheter will be automatically removed. If a given physician does not fill the indication of central venous catheter, the CARE team will be notified.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Thailand	Siriraj Hospital	Bangkok

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Siriraj Hospital

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Thailand, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Urinary catheter day	Total duration of urinary catheter use (day)	participants will be followed for the duration of hospital stay, an expected average of 3 weeks	No
Secondary	CA-UTI	Number of catheter-associated urinary tract infection episode	participants will be followed for the duration of hospital stay, an expected average of 3 weeks	No