Automatic Stop Orders for Urinary Catheters - Full Text View

Sponsors and Collaborators:	Hamilton Health Sciences The Physicians' Services Incorporated Foundation
Information provided by:	McMaster University
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:	NCT00157625

Purpose

Urinary tract infections are the most common type of hospital-acquired infection. The majority of these infections result from the use of indwelling urinary catheters. Often caregivers leave them in unnecessarily. The purpose of this study is to assess the effectiveness of an automatic stop order (automatic removal or urinary catheters when they no longer needed) in reducing urinary infections.

Condition	Intervention
Urinary Tract Infections	Behavioral: Automatic stop order

MedlinePlus related topics: Urinary Tract Infections

U.S. FDA Resources

Study Type:	Interventional
Study Design:	Prevention, Randomized, Open Label, Active Control, Parallel Assignment, Efficacy Study
Official Title:	A Randomized Controlled Trial of Automatic Stop Orders for Urinary Catheterization in Hospitalized Patients

Further study details as provided by McMaster University:

Primary Outcome Measures:

Urinary tract infections

Secondary Outcome Measures:

days of indwelling urinary catheterization,
symptomatic urinary tract infection,
isolation of antimicrobial-resistant bacteria from catheterized urine,
antimicrobial use,
bacteremia (blood-stream) infection secondary to urinary tract infection,
cost

Estimated Enrollment:	630
Study Start Date:	April 2003
Estimated Study Completion Date:	July 2006

Detailed Description:

We will randomize patients with urinary catheters to either automatic stop orders or to usual care. The primary outcome will be urinary tract infection.

Secondary outcomes will include days of indwelling urinary catheterization, symptomatic urinary tract infection, isolation of antimicrobial-resistant bacteria from catheterized urine, antimicrobial use, bacteremia (blood-stream) infection secondary to urinary tract infection, and cost. We hypothesize that use of the automatic stop order will significantly reduce hospital-acquired urinary tract infection.

Eligibility

Ages Eligible for Study:	18 Years and older
Genders Eligible for Study:	Both
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:	No

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

Urinary catheter for less than 48hrs

Exclusion Criteria:

Patient with symptomatic urinary tract infection
Latex allergy

Contacts and Locations

Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00157625

Locations

Canada, Ontario
Henderson Hospital
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, L8V 1C3
McMaster University Medical Centre
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, L8N 3z5
Hamilton General Hospital
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Sponsors and Collaborators

Hamilton Health Sciences

The Physicians' Services Incorporated Foundation

Investigators

Principal Investigator:

Mark B Loeb, MD MSc FRCPC

McMaster University

More Information

No publications provided

Study ID Numbers:	03-24
Study First Received:	September 7, 2005
Last Updated:	September 11, 2006
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:	NCT00157625 History of Changes
Health Authority:	Canada: Health Canada

Keywords provided by McMaster University:

urinary infections, catheters, bacteriuria, trial

Study placed in the following topic categories:

Urologic Diseases
Urinary Tract Infections
Bacteriuria

Additional relevant MeSH terms:

Urologic Diseases
Urinary Tract Infections
Infection

ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on May 06, 2009