A Multi-Center Diagnostic Stewardship Program to Improve Respiratory Culture Utilization in Critically Ill Children

Enrolling by invitation

Conditions studied: Ventilator Associated Pneumonia, Tracheobronchitis

In brief

The objective of this study is to evaluate implementation of diagnostic stewardship programs as a strategy to safely reduce antibiotic use, and to generate evidence and tools to support dissemination of diagnostic stewardship programs to a large and diverse group of hospitals.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT04987840

Run by

Johns Hopkins University

People needed

15

Starts

2021-05-01

Expected to finish

2027-06-01

Last updated by the study team

2026-06-08

Who can join

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

You may qualify if…

• Institutions that plan to develop and implement a quality improvement program to reduce respiratory culture use in their Pediatric ICUs

You may not qualify if…

• Institutions that do not plan to develop and implement a quality improvement program to reduce respiratory culture use in their Pediatric ICUs

Where it is running

• Johns Hopkins Children's Center — Baltimore, Maryland, United States
• Boston Children's Hospital — Boston, Massachusetts, United States
• Children's Minnesota Hospital — Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
• Children's Hospital and Medical Center Omaha — Omaha, Nebraska, United States
• Cleveland Clinic Children's Hospital — Cleveland, Ohio, United States
• Le Bonheur Children's Hospital — Memphis, Tennessee, United States
• Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital — Nashville, Tennessee, United States
• Dell Children's Medical Center — Austin, Texas, United States

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