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| Name | Class |
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| Ministry of Health, France | OTHER_GOV |
| Pierre Fabre Laboratories | INDUSTRY |
| Gaba Laboratories | OTHER |
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STUDY HYPOTHESIS : An infection prevention program adapted for the nursing home context can reduce by 5% the number of infections (urinary, upper and lower respiratory and gastrointestinal) in elderly residents in nursing homes.
STUDY DESIGN : The proposal is for an interventional cluster (nursing home) study comprising 2 randomized groups: group 1 (interventional), comprising 25 nursing homes implementing a specific infection prevention program; and group 2 (control), 25 nursing homes continuing to implement their routine prevention measures.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| Intervention Nursing Homes | Experimental | Comprising 24 nursing homes implementing a specific infection prevention program |
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| Usual care Nursing Homes | No Intervention |
| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prevention of infections program | Other | The intervention mainly involves implementing urinary, respiratory and gastrointestinal infection prevention measures. Study nursing home medical coordinators will be in charge of training their own teams. For this, they will be provided with:
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| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Number of infections (urinary, upper and lower respiratory and gastrointestinal) in elderly residents in nursing homes | every month |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Number of death | every month | |
| Number of hospitalizations | every month | |
| Number of of prescriptions for antimicrobials |
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Exclusion Criteria:
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| Name | Affiliation | Role |
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| Monique Rothan Tondeur, PhD | ORIG, EHESP | Principal Investigator |
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| PubMed Identifier | Type | Citation | Retractions |
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| 22682697 | Derived | Chami K, Gavazzi G, Bar-Hen A, Carrat F, de Wazieres B, Lejeune B, Armand N, Rainfray M, Hajjar J, Piette F, Rothan Tondeur M. A short-term, multicomponent infection control program in nursing homes: a cluster randomized controlled trial. J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2012 Jul;13(6):569.e9-17. doi: 10.1016/j.jamda.2012.04.008. Epub 2012 Jun 7. |
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| ID | Term |
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| D014552 | Urinary Tract Infections |
| D012141 | Respiratory Tract Infections |
| ID | Term |
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| D007239 | Infections |
| D014570 | Urologic Diseases |
| D052776 | Female Urogenital Diseases |
| D005261 | Female Urogenital Diseases and Pregnancy Complications |
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| every month |
| D000091642 | Urogenital Diseases |
| D052801 | Male Urogenital Diseases |
| D012140 | Respiratory Tract Diseases |