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Optimizing Antibiotic Use in Long Term Care

NCT00243360 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL

Last updated 2005-10-24

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this study was to determine if a multi-faceted intervention to implement diagnostic and therapeutic algorithms for management of suspected urinary infection in nursing home residents could reduce antibiotic prescribing for urinary indications in this population.

Conditions

  • Urinary Tract Infection, Antibiotic Use

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

diagnostic and treatment clinical algorithms

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)

    lead FED

Principal Investigators

  • Mark B Loeb, MD MSc FRCPC · McMaster University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
ECT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
0 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2001-01-31
Completion
2003-07-31

Countries

  • Canada

Study Locations

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