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Filter by:This will be a single-center randomized control trial comparing the efficacy of two different formulations of Chlorhexidine surgical skin preparation in preventing cesarean section wound infections. Participants will be randomized to either 4% Chlorhexidine Gluconate aqueous solution (CHG) or 2% Chlorhexidine with isopropyl alcohol (CHG-IPA) 70% to examine the risk of infectious morbidity in those undergoing cesarean delivery. There will also be a cost-effectiveness analysis of the two preoperative skin preparations.
This study is designed to determine if a dieatary supplement containing beta-glucan can reduce the incidence, severity and duration of upper respiratory tract infections among a group of highly trained athletes
The goal of this intervention study is to learn about the impact of household flooring on health in rural Kenya, and test whether providing an improved (cement stabilised, washable) floor improves the health of children and their care providers. The main questions the study aims to answer are: - What is the effect of providing a sealed, washable floor on the prevalence of infections that cause diarrhoea, intestinal worms and sand flea infections? - To what extent does the intervention reduce contamination of floors with pathogens within the home? - What is its effect of the intervention on the wellbeing of caregivers and children? - Over the course of a year, do the new floors remain undamaged, with no cracks? - Do participants living with the new floors, and the masons that helped to install the floors, like them and feel they are practical and affordable? The study will involve a trial, where half of the recruited households will be randomly chosen to receive the new floor in addition to some support on how to care for the floor and keep it clean. The other half of households will not receive anything at first, but at the end of the research project will also receive a new floor. Before the new floors are installed, the investigators will make several assessments in all study households. These will include a survey to measure household characteristics; a stool survey, to measure how many people are infected with diarrhoea-causing microorganisms and parasitic worms; a jigger flea examination among children; wellbeing assessments among children and caregivers; and soil sampling to identify microorganisms on the floor of the household. When households receive the new floor, participants will have to move out of their house for up to 7 days during installation. Participants will also be asked to attend some group meetings to discuss ways of taking care of the floor and keeping it clean. Assessments will be repeated 12 months after the floor has been delivered, and additional interviews will be held with a small number of randomly selected participants. Throughout the 12 months following delivery of the intervention, investigators will make unannounced visits to households to check the condition of the floor. Participants will also be offered treatment for parasitic worm infections after assessments have been completed at the start and end of the project.
Study design is multicenter prospective registry study. Participants are consecutive (non-selected, a sequential registration) patients admitted from emergency rooms of participating hospitals who meet the eligibility criteria. The primary objectives are to estimate the prevalence of and risk factors for RS and other respiratory virus infection and their effect on hospital course in patients with any respiratory symptom who admit from emergency room using a multicenter prospective registry study. The primary target virus is RS virus and the secondary target viruses are respiratory virus and other microorganisms measured by FilmArray 2.1.
Investigating four different treatment of MTC or FMT
The study aims at describing the prevalence of Human Papillomavirus (HPV) infection in anal and oral samples of men with Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) and detecting risk factors for the infection.
MODIFY is a randomized, open-labeled, and prospective study that will be conducted in multiple Intensive Care Units (ICUs) and departments of Internal Medicine across Greece. It aims to change the traditional approach for the management of severe infections by integrating the results of BCID2, Reveal Rapid AST, and PCT, to improve patients' outcomes. Early and precise identification of the underlying causative pathogen along with the fast acquisition of the antimicrobial sensitivity results may positively impact the uncontrolled antimicrobial prescription.
The emotional and work changes of the staffs and the on-site counter staffs will have a certain impact during this pandemic period. Because a large number of critically ill patients are obstructive in emergency and critical care uint. It will induce a huge impact on the deployment of medical team manpower The purpose of this study is to understand the situation of emergency and intensive care unit personnel after covid-19 infection. It will help the hospital superintendent to understand the impact of emotional adjustment on its own work, understand the emotional situation of on-site personnel, future planning and r deployment.
This study is a multi-center, randomized, single-blind, parallel-group study to assess the efficacy and safety, when nacubactam is coadministered with cefepime or aztreonam, compared with best available therapy (BAT), in the treatment of patients with cUTI, AP, HABP, VABP, and cIAI, due to Carbapenem Resistant Enterobacterales.
External ventricular drain infections are difficult to identify with current diagnostic methods. Initiation of antibiotic treatment is usually supported by indirect methods of bacterial infection, such as clinical signs or cerebrospinal fluid cell counts (CSF). As such, excessive treatment with antibiotics is common in these patients due to suspected infection while the incidence of true culture confirmed infections are less common. This study will evaluate three novel diagnostic methods for rapid direct bacterial detection in CSF, in order to assess if these can be used to guide antibiotic treatment in neurocritically ill patients, compared to CSF bacterial cultures.