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Benefits of Universal Glove and Gowning

NCT01318213 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 19856

Last updated 2019-08-20

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This study will test if doctors, nurses and other people who take care of patients in hospitals wearing gloves and gown for all contact with patients in an intensive care unit (ICU) will:

* Decrease the chance of patients getting an infection while in the hospital
* Decrease the chance of patients picking up bacteria as a result of being in the hospital
* Decrease the time a patient spends in the ICU or in the hospital
* Increase the frequency of adverse events

The study will also look at whether making doctors, nurses and other people who take care of patients wear gloves and gown for all contact with patients will decrease the amount of time healthcare workers spend with patients.

This study will gather information by comparing what happens in ICUs that continue to do what they were doing before the study with what happens in ICUs that require healthcare workers to wear gloves and gown for all contact with patients.

This study will provide information that will help to make being in the hospital safer for all patients.

Conditions

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)

    collaborator FED

  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

    collaborator FED

  • University of Iowa

    collaborator OTHER

  • Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations

    collaborator OTHER

  • University of Maryland, Baltimore

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Anthony D Harris, MD, MPH · University of Maryland, Baltimore

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2010-12-31
Primary Completion
2012-10-04
Completion
2013-10-16

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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