Safe Critical Care: Testing Improvement Strategies
Completed · Not applicable
Conditions studied: Central Line-associated Bloodstream Infection (CLABSI), Ventilator Associated Pneumonia
In brief
One group of hospitals participated in a collaborative approach for healthcare quality improvement while another group was provided only a tool kit. The investigators' objective was to determine if the Collaborative would perform better at preventing central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSI) and ventilator-associated pneumonias (VAP). Hospitals were randomized to the Tool Kit or Collaborative conditions. The investigators' study evaluated the effects on care processes and outcomes of a multi-institutional quality improvement initiative focused on preventing hospital associate infections. The investigators' hypothesis was that the strategies for implementing safe critical care practice will differ in level of achievement whereby the Collaborative group will perform better than the Tool Kit group. The outcome measure comprised clinical event rates and an index of safe practices that represent a bundling of key process measures related to evidence-based practices for preventing catheter-related blood-stream infections and ventilator-associated pneumonia in the intensive care unit.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT00975923
- Run by
- Vanderbilt University
- People needed
- 59
- Starts
- 2006-02-01
- Expected to finish
- 2008-04-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2016-01-12
Who can join
Age: 1 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Medical centers with at least one adult or pediatric ICU.
- Medical centers within the Hospital Corporation of America (HCA) were eligible for enrollment.
You may not qualify if…
- Nonresponse to invitation to participate in our Safe Critical Care Initiative.
Where it is running
- HCA Hospital Corporation of America — Nashville, Tennessee, United States
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