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

Completed

Conditions studied: Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus

In brief

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.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01671358

Run by

West Virginia University

People needed

400

Starts

2012-08-01

Expected to finish

2013-06-01

Last updated by the study team

2015-06-02

Who can join

Age: any. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

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

You may not qualify if…

• Rooms without medication cabinets directly outside the room

Where it is running

• West Virginia University Hospitals — Morgantown, West Virginia, United States

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