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Automatic Stop Orders for Urinary Catheters

NCT00157625 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 630

Last updated 2018-10-26

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Urinary tract infections are the most common type of hospital-acquired infection. The majority of these infections result from the use of indwelling urinary catheters. Often caregivers leave them in unnecessarily. The purpose of this study is to assess the effectiveness of an automatic stop order (automatic removal or urinary catheters when they no longer needed) in reducing urinary infections.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Automatic stop order

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • The Physicians' Services Incorporated Foundation

    collaborator OTHER

  • McMaster University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Mark B Loeb, MD MSc FRCPC · McMaster University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2003-04-30
Completion
2006-07-31

Countries

  • Canada

Study Locations

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