Preventability of Infections in Residents of French Nursing Homes

NCT ID: NCT01069497

Last Updated: 2010-02-17

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

UNKNOWN

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

3500 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2009-11-30

Study Completion Date

2010-04-30

Brief Summary

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STUDY HYPOTHESIS : An infection prevention program adapted for the nursing home context can reduce by 5% the number of infections (urinary, upper and lower respiratory and gastrointestinal) in elderly residents in nursing homes.

STUDY DESIGN : The proposal is for an interventional cluster (nursing home) study comprising 2 randomized groups: group 1 (interventional), comprising 25 nursing homes implementing a specific infection prevention program; and group 2 (control), 25 nursing homes continuing to implement their routine prevention measures.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Infection Control

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

PREVENTION

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Intervention Nursing Homes

Comprising 24 nursing homes implementing a specific infection prevention program

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Prevention of infections program

Intervention Type OTHER

The intervention mainly involves implementing urinary, respiratory and gastrointestinal infection prevention measures. Study nursing home medical coordinators will be in charge of training their own teams. For this, they will be provided with:

* a slide-show of recommendations (commented by an expert),
* recommendations guides (on paper and on computer) to be shown to their teams. Means will be provided to the intervention nursing homes : Hydro-alcoholic solutions, disinfectant detergent-impregnated tissues, mouth care kits, tec.

Usual care Nursing Homes

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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Prevention of infections program

The intervention mainly involves implementing urinary, respiratory and gastrointestinal infection prevention measures. Study nursing home medical coordinators will be in charge of training their own teams. For this, they will be provided with:

* a slide-show of recommendations (commented by an expert),
* recommendations guides (on paper and on computer) to be shown to their teams. Means will be provided to the intervention nursing homes : Hydro-alcoholic solutions, disinfectant detergent-impregnated tissues, mouth care kits, tec.

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Nursing homes which contain a medical coordinator and at least one nurse and/or nursing auxiliary.
* Nursing Homes located in France (North-West)
* All the residents present or entering the facility during the study period

Exclusion Criteria

* Nursing homes where a prevention program has already been implemented
Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Ministry of Health, France

OTHER_GOV

Sponsor Role collaborator

Pierre Fabre Laboratories

INDUSTRY

Sponsor Role collaborator

Gaba Laboratories

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Observatoire du Risque Infectieux en Gériatrie

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Observatoire du Risque Infectieux en Gériatrie

Principal Investigators

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Monique Rothan Tondeur, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

ORIG, EHESP

References

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Chami K, Gavazzi G, Bar-Hen A, Carrat F, de Wazieres B, Lejeune B, Armand N, Rainfray M, Hajjar J, Piette F, Rothan Tondeur M. A short-term, multicomponent infection control program in nursing homes: a cluster randomized controlled trial. J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2012 Jul;13(6):569.e9-17. doi: 10.1016/j.jamda.2012.04.008. Epub 2012 Jun 7.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 22682697 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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V15

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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