Decreasing Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit

Urinary Tract Infections Clinical Trial

Official title:

"Decreasing Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT00672503
• Other study ID #: 08 04-065E
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: May 2, 2008
• Last updated: October 7, 2011
• Start date: May 2008
• Est. completion date: October 2011

Study information

• Verified date: October 2011
• Source: Children's Mercy Hospital Kansas City
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: United States: Institutional Review Board
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of this study is to identify risk factors associated with indwelling urinary catheters, as well as to assess the nurses' knowledge and adherence to hospital policies. The study will also include a very extensive literature search in an attempt to create a national standard or guideline.

Description:

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Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 321
• Est. completion date: October 2011
• Est. primary completion date: October 2011
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Both
• Age group: N/A to 17 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Medical records of 67 patients 0 to 17 years of age diagnosed with a catheter associated urinary tract infection (defined by CDC) acquired during a PICU hospitalization.

2. Medical records of 67 patients 0 to 17 years of age who had an indwelling urinary catheter during a PICU hospitalization without a catheter associated urinary tract infection.

3. Nurses employed at Children's Mercy Hospital in the PICU.

4. Patient's who acquired a CA-UTI during 2009 and was adjudicated by infection control.

Exclusion Criteria:

Patients

1. Patients with community acquired urinary tract infections

2. Patients 18 years and older cared for in the PICU.

3. Patients with catheter associated urinary tract infections hospitalized outside the PICU at Children's Mercy Hospital.

4. Patients with UTI not related to catheterization

Nurses

1. Nurses floated to the PICU who are not permanent staff members (ICN nurse, float pool staff, travelers)

2. Nurses on the research team

Study Design

Observational Model: Case Control, Time Perspective: Retrospective

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Communicable Diseases
• Infection
• Urinary Tract Infections

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	Children's Mercy Hospitals and Clinics	Kansas City	Missouri

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Children's Mercy Hospital Kansas City

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Identification of risk factors associated with indwelling urinary catheters.		2004-2007	Yes
Secondary	Identification of nurses' knowledge of insertion, irrigation, care and maintenance of indwelling urinary catheters.		2008	Yes