Trial to Reduce Antimicrobial Prophylaxis Errors (TRAPE)

Status unconfirmed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Cardiovascular Surgical Procedures, Arthroplasty, Replacement, Hysterectomy

In brief

The specific aims are to determine the incidence of medication errors related to antimicrobial prophylaxis for cardiovascular surgery, joint replacement surgery, and hysterectomies across a heterogeneous sample of hospitals; identify organizational and practitioner factors associated with error rates, and evaluate the effectiveness of a multifaceted intervention in reducing prophylaxis error rates compared to written feedback alone in a sample of 44 hospitals enrolled in the study using a rigorous group-randomized design.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00114036

Run by

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)

Starts

2002-08-01

Expected to finish

2005-12-01

Last updated by the study team

2005-06-24

Who can join

Age: any. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Hospitals with a minimum number of surgeries per month

Where it is running

• Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations — Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois, United States
• Wake Forest University School of Medicine — Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States
• University of Tennessee — Memphis, Tennessee, United States

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