Project PROTECT: Protecting Nursing Homes From Infections and Hospitalization | NCT03118232 | Trialant

CompletedInterventionalPhase 4Updated Dec 27, 2023

Project PROTECT: Protecting Nursing Homes From Infections and Hospitalization

Overview

Key facts that identify this study and show where it stands today.

What the study is about and why it is being run, in the researchers' own words.

Official Title: Project PROTECT: Protecting Nursing Homes From Infections and Hospitalization
Brief Summary: This is a cluster-randomized trial of nursing homes to assess whether decolonization with routine chlorhexidine bathing and periodic use of nasal antiseptics can reduce hospitalizations associated with infections, antibiotic utilization, and multi-drug resistant organism (MDRO) prevalence. The comparator arm will be routine bathing care.

The medical conditions and diseases this study investigates.

The treatments and procedures being evaluated in this study.

Who can join this study and the criteria used to decide.

Ages Eligible for Study: Adult (18-64)Older Adult (65+)
Sexes Eligible for Study: All
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
Eligibility Criteria: Inclusion Criteria

Nursing homes will be eligible to participate if they meet the following criteria:

Licensed nursing home in Orange County or Southern Los Angeles County serving adults

Minimal use of chlorhexidine bathing*

Minimal use of nasal decolonization* *Minimal use defined as <15% of residents receiving at least one chlorhexidine bath or nasal decolonization treatment during their nursing home stay.

Exclusion Criteria

Nursing homes will not be eligible to participate if they meet the following criteria:

Facilities routinely using decolonization

Dedicated psychiatric nursing homes

Facilities with a resident population with >=20% combative patients

Pediatric facilities

Note: in any participating nursing home, residents with active end-of-life comfort care only measures are excluded

How the study is designed and how its participant groups are organized.

The people to reach with questions about this study or how to join it.

No central contacts

There are no central contacts for this study.

Where the study is run and whether each site is currently recruiting.

Buena Vista Care Center

Anaheim, California 92802, United States

The organizations and people involved in this study.

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