NCT01797146

Effectiveness of Catheter Reminder and Evaluation Program

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

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 874 (actual)
• Sponsor: Siriraj Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 15 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

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.

Conditions

• All Hospitalized Patients
• With and Without Catheter

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	Catheter Reminder and Evaluation Program	This intervention will be implemented by ward nurses and responsible physicians. The details of intervention are shown below. 1. 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 \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ 2. 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.

Timeline

• Start date: 2013-02-01
• Primary completion: 2013-12-01
• Completion: 2013-12-01
• First posted: 2013-02-22
• Last updated: 2015-11-20

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Thailand