Active Bathing to Eliminate Infection (ABATE Infection) Trial
Completed · Not applicable
Conditions studied: Healthcare Associated Infections, Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus, Multi Drug Resistant Organisms
In brief
The ABATE Infection Project is a cluster randomized trial of hospitals to compare two quality improvement strategies to reduce multi-drug resistant organisms and healthcare-associated infections in non-critical care units. The two strategies to be evaluated are: * Arm 1: Routine Care Routine policy for showering/bathing * Arm 2: Decolonization Use of chlorhexidine as routine soap for showering or bed bathing for all patients Mupirocin x 5 days if MRSA+ by history, culture, or screen Note that enrolled "subjects" represents 53 individual HCA Hospitals (representing \~190 non-critical care units) that have been randomized.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT02063867
- Run by
- University of California, Irvine
- People needed
- 53
- Starts
- 2014-04-01
- Expected to finish
- 2019-02-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2019-07-12
Who can join
Age: 12 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- All HCA hospitals that reside in the United States
- Note: Unit of randomization is the hospital, but the participants are hospital units
You may not qualify if…
- Non-critical care units where chlorhexidine bathing or decolonization for MRSA+ non-critical care patients is routine
- Pediatric, peri-partum, rehabilitation, psychiatry, and BMT units
- Units with >30% cardiac or hip/knee orthopedic surgeries
- Unit average length of stay <2 days
- Patients <12 years-old
- Patients with known allergy to mupirocin or chlorhexidine
Where it is running
- North Suburban Medical Center — Thornton, Colorado, United States
- Blake Medical Center — Bradenton, Florida, United States
- Osceola Regional Medical Center — Kissimmee, Florida, United States
- Palms West Hospital — Loxahatchee Groves, Florida, United States
- Orange Park Medical Center — Orange Park, Florida, United States
- West Florida Hospital — Pensacola, Florida, United States
- Northside Hospital — St. Petersburg, Florida, United States
- St. Petersburg General Hospital — St. Petersburg, Florida, United States
- South Bay Hospital — Sun City Center, Florida, United States
- West Palm Hospital — West Palm Beach, Florida, United States
- Cartersville Medical Center — Cartersville, Georgia, United States
- Coliseum Northside Hospital — Macon, Georgia, United States
- Eastside Medical Center — Snellville, Georgia, United States
- Overland Park Regional Medical Center — Overland Park, Kansas, United States
- Regional Medical Center of Acadiana — Lafayette, Louisiana, United States
- Garden Park Medical Center — Gulfport, Mississippi, United States
- Research Medical Center — Kansas City, Missouri, United States
- Lee's Summit Medical Center — Lee's Summit, Missouri, United States
- Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center — Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
- MountainView Hospital-Las Vegas — Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
- Parkland Medical Center — Derry, New Hampshire, United States
- Portsmouth Regional Hospital — Portsmouth, New Hampshire, United States
- Colleton Medical Center — Walterboro, South Carolina, United States
- Parkridge Medical Center — Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States
- West Hills Hospital & Medical Center — West Hills, California, United States
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