NCT00596128

Standard Operating Procedures in Daily Clinical Routine

Does Implementation of a Standard Operating Procedure for Blood Sugar Control Into Daily Clinical Routine Improve Care of Patients

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 800 (actual)
• Sponsor: University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Primary study endpoint: blood sugar values Patients: Patients admitted to an ICU 5 steps: 1. Routine treatment, 2. Implementation of SOP for blood sugar monitoring and intervention, 3. Education of intensive care nurses, 4. 6 months free interval without further education or check-up of SOP implementation, 5. Check of SOP implementation and clinical outcome concerning range of blood sugar

Detailed description

SOP for blood glucose monitoring and treatment was implemented on an intensive care unit. Staff was trained. After a free interval patient's outcome was monitored in terms of daily blood sugar profile prior implementation of SOP and after implementation+free interval of SOP.

Conditions

• Blood Glucose

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Implementation of SOP	SOP for blood sugar monitoring and intervention will be defined and ICU nurses will be educated to use this SOP in clinical routine

Timeline

• Start date: 2006-12-01
• Primary completion: 2008-04-01
• Completion: 2008-04-01
• First posted: 2008-01-16
• Last updated: 2008-06-05

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Germany