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Improving Oral Care to Reduce Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia (HAP) in the Acute Neurologically Impaired Adult

NCT01498601 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 32

Last updated 2015-09-22

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Summary

Hypothesis: The investigators hypothesize that the current oral protocol is sub-optimal and an enhanced protocol will decrease the incidence of hospital acquired pneumonia (HAP)in the acute, non-intubated, care-dependent, neurologically impaired, adult patient.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

Enhanced oral care protocol

* Changing mouth suction equipment every 24 hours * Mouth assessment every 2-4 hours * Cleansing mouth with toothbrush every 12 hours * Cleansing oral mucosa with oral rinse solution every 2-4 hours * Moisturize mouth/lips with swab and standard mouth moisturizer every 4 hours * Suction mouth and throat as needed * Head of the bed elevated to a minimum of 30° during oral care

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Fraser Health

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Trudy L. Robertson, MSN · Fraser Health Authority

  • Dulcie J. Carter, MMedSci · Fraser Health Authority

Study Design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
19 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2012-01-31
Primary Completion
2012-08-31
Completion
2012-10-31

Countries

  • Canada

Study Locations

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Diseases

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