Comparison of Bacterial Contamination Rates Between Isolation and Non-isolation Rooms

NCT ID: NCT01671358

Last Updated: 2015-06-02

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Total Enrollment: 400 participants
• Study Classification: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2012-08-31
• Study Completion Date: 2013-06-30

Brief Summary

This study is to determine if medication cabinets located outside of isolation rooms in hospitals and their contents, particularly medications and the delivery folders are at a higher risk of having harmful bacteria on them.

Detailed Description

Studies show high touch areas maybe contaminated with organisms such as Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus(MRSA) and vancomycin-resistant enterococci. MRSA can live on hospital surfaces for 9-14 days. Patients in rooms that were previously MRSA isolation rooms are at higher risk for developing a hospital-acquired infection.

This study is to determine if medication cabinets located outside of MRSA isolation rooms and their contents, particularly medications and the pharmacy delivery folders are at a higher risk of having MRSA colonization on them. This study will use conventional methods to determine if MRSA colonization is present and compare results between non-isolation and isolation rooms. This will evaluate if alternate measures for the reduction of MRSA colonization are needed for the MRSA isolation rooms in regards to medication delivery and storage.

Conditions

Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus

Study Design

• Observational Model Type: COHORT
• Study Time Perspective: PROSPECTIVE

Study Groups

Isolation Rooms for MRSA

Rooms that currently have a patient in them that are in isolation status due to MRSA

No interventions assigned to this group

Non-isolation rooms

Rooms that have not been occupied by a patient in isolation due to MRSA for 14 days

No interventions assigned to this group

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Patient rooms with isolation status for MRSA
• Patient rooms without isolation status for MRSA for 14 days

Exclusion Criteria

• Rooms without medication cabinets directly outside the room

• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Sponsors

West Virginia University

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Michael Sweet

Pharmacy Clinical Specialist - Quality Outcomes

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

West Virginia University Hospitals

Morgantown, West Virginia, United States

Countries

United States

References

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Reference Type: BACKGROUND

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Reference Type: BACKGROUND

PMID: 16290319 (View on PubMed)

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Reference Type: BACKGROUND

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Reference Type: BACKGROUND

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Reference Type: BACKGROUND

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Other Identifiers

WVU-00010

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id