Stepped wedge cluster randomized controlled trial for the reduction of dialysis associated infections in ambulatory dialysis Centers.
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- T82.7Infection and inflammatory reaction due to other cardiac and vascular devices, implants and grafts
- Registration Number
- DRKS00019815
- Lead Sponsor
- Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin Institut für Hygiene und Umweltmedizin Nationales Referenzzentrum für die Surveillance von nosokomialen Infektionen
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 25721
Inclusion Criteria
Dialysis treatment in a participating ambulatory dialysis center
Exclusion Criteria
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Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Continuous measurement of the incidence of healthcare associated infections (dialysis associated; BSI and shunt infections) until the end of the trial.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Biannual directly observed compliance to handhygiene (WHO) and annual consumption of alcoholic handrub.