Decreasing Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit

Completed

Conditions studied: Urinary Tract Infections

In brief

The purpose of this study is to identify risk factors associated with indwelling urinary catheters, as well as to assess the nurses' knowledge and adherence to hospital policies. The study will also include a very extensive literature search in an attempt to create a national standard or guideline.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00672503

Run by

Children's Mercy Hospital Kansas City

People needed

321

Starts

2008-05-01

Expected to finish

2011-10-01

Last updated by the study team

2011-10-12

Who can join

Age: 0 and older, up to 17. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Medical records of 67 patients 0 to 17 years of age diagnosed with a catheter associated urinary tract infection (defined by CDC) acquired during a PICU hospitalization.
• Medical records of 67 patients 0 to 17 years of age who had an indwelling urinary catheter during a PICU hospitalization without a catheter associated urinary tract infection.
• Nurses employed at Children's Mercy Hospital in the PICU.
• Patient's who acquired a CA-UTI during 2009 and was adjudicated by infection control.

You may not qualify if…

• Patients
• Patients with community acquired urinary tract infections
• Patients 18 years and older cared for in the PICU.
• Patients with catheter associated urinary tract infections hospitalized outside the PICU at Children's Mercy Hospital.
• Patients with UTI not related to catheterization
• Nurses
• Nurses floated to the PICU who are not permanent staff members (ICN nurse, float pool staff, travelers)
• Nurses on the research team

Where it is running

• Children's Mercy Hospitals and Clinics — Kansas City, Missouri, United States

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