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Israeli Judicious Antibiotic Prescription Study

NCT01187758 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 5700

Last updated 2010-08-24

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Summary

This study aims to implement judicious antibiotic prescription habits to primary care pediatricians using a multifacet educational intervention and assess two main outcomes: 1) Direct outcome - prescription rates of the physicians. 2)Indirect outcome - carriage of antibiotic resistant bacteria by the treated population, specifically nasopharyngeal S. pneumoniae, nasal S. aureus and rectal E.coli.

Conditions

  • Antibiotic Use
  • Carriage of Antibiotic Resistant Pathogens

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Workshops and focus group meetings

Multifacet intervention that includes: Guideline preparation and implementation, preparing clinic campaign, improving knowledge about Ab resistance and diagnosis of respiratory infections

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Maccabi Healthcare Services, Israel

    collaborator OTHER

  • Sheba Medical Center

    lead OTHER_GOV

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Max Age
5 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2002-02-28
Primary Completion
2005-10-31
Completion
2007-12-31

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